Tamias (Neotamias) umbrinus J. A. Allen 1890

Tamias (Neotamias) umbrinus J. A. Allen 1890, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3: 96.

Type Locality: "Uintah Mountains, south of Ft. Bridger" Restricted by A. H. Howell (1929:94) to Blacks Fork, about 8,000 ft. [2,438 m], Summit Co., Utah [USA].

Vernacular Names: Uinta Chipmunk.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) umbrinus subsp. umbrinus J. A. Allen 1890

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) umbrinus subsp. adsitus J. A. Allen 1905

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) umbrinus subsp. fremonti White 1953

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) umbrinus subsp. inyoensis Merriam 1897

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) umbrinus subsp. montanus White 1953

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) umbrinus subsp. nevadensis Burt 1931

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) umbrinus subsp. sedulus White 1953

Distribution: E California and N Arizona to N Colorado, SE and NW Wyoming, and extreme SW Montana (USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered as T. u. nevadensis, Data Deficient as T. u. sedulus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias . Bergstrom and Hoffmann (1991) found species-specific vocalizations, habitats, and bacular characters in sympatric umbrinus and quadrivittatus, but convergence in electromorphs.