Species
Neotamias ochrogenys (Yellow-cheeked chipmunk)
Neotamias ochrogenys. Photo: (c) Sam, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The yellow-cheeked chipmunk (Neotamias ochrogenys), also known as the redwood chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is endemic to areas near the coast of northern California in the United States where it inhabits coastal coniferous forest.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
- Subclass: Theria (Therians)
- Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires (Primates, rodents, and allies)
- Order: Rodentia (Rodents)
- Suborder: Sciuromorpha (Squirrels, dormice, and mountain beavers)
- Family: Sciuridae (Squirrels)
- Subfamily: Xerinae (Ground and african tree squirrels)
- Tribe: Tamiini (Chipmunks)
- Genus: Neotamias (Western chipmunks)
- Species: Neotamias ochrogenys (Yellow-cheeked chipmunk)
- Genus: Neotamias (Western chipmunks)
- Tribe: Tamiini (Chipmunks)
- Subfamily: Xerinae (Ground and african tree squirrels)
- Family: Sciuridae (Squirrels)
- Suborder: Sciuromorpha (Squirrels, dormice, and mountain beavers)
- Order: Rodentia (Rodents)
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires (Primates, rodents, and allies)
- Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
- Subclass: Theria (Therians)
- Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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