NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Hopi Chipmunk
Tamias (Neotamias) rufus (Hoffmeister & Ellis, 1979)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Tamias (Neotamias) rufus (Hoffmeister & Ellis, 1979)
- Name authority
- (Hoffmeister & Ellis, 1979)
- Common name
- Hopi Chipmunk
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Tamias
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderSciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
- familySciuridae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
- subfamilyXerinae Osborn, 1910
- tribeMarmotini Pocock, 1923
- genusTamias Illiger, 1811
- subgenusNeotamias A. H. Howell, 1929
- speciesTamias (Neotamias) rufus (Hoffmeister & Ellis, 1979)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Tamias. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Durango ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) durangae (J. A. Allen, 1903) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Merriam's ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) merriami J. A. Allen, 1889 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Least ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) minimus Bachman, 1839 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Redwood ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) ochrogenys (Merriam, 1897) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palmer's ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) palmeri (Merriam, 1897) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colorado ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) quadrivittatus (Say, 1823) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Siskiyou ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) siskiyou (A. H. Howell, 1922) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sonoma ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) sonomae (Grinnell, 1915) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Townsend's ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) townsendii Bachman, 1839 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Uinta ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) umbrinus J. A. Allen, 1890 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lodgepole ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) speciosus Merriam, 1890 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Alpine ChipmunkTamias (Neotamias) alpinus Merriam, 1893 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=552503 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:54MT9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.