NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subgenus - Tamias (Neotamias)
  Genus - Tamias
  Tribe - Marmotini
  Subfamily - Xerinae
  Family - Sciuridae
  Suborder - Sciuromorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus amoenus
      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus affinis
      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus albiventris
      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus canicaudus
      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus caurinus
      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus celeris
      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus cratericus
      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus felix
      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus ludibundus
      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus luteiventris
      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus monoensis
      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus ochraceus
      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus septentrionalis
      Subspecies - Tamias amoenus vallicola