Mammals › Squirrels
Least Chipmunk
Neotamias minimus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Yellow-pine ChipmunkNeotamias amoenus
Uinta ChipmunkNeotamias umbrinus
Colorado ChipmunkNeotamias quadrivittatus
Eastern ChipmunkTamias striatus
Common Golden-mantled Ground SquirrelCallospermophilus lateralis
Crater ChipmunkNeotamias cratericus
Cliff ChipmunkNeotamias dorsalis
Hopi ChipmunkNeotamias rufus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 9,478 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 3,948 |
| Colorado | 2,211 |
| Alberta | 1,382 |
| Alaska | 1,301 |
| Wyoming | 1,179 |
| Ontario | 866 |
| Nunavut | 814 |
| South Dakota | 765 |
| British Columbia | 510 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Mammals · Mammalia |
| Order | Rodents · Rodentia |
| Family | Squirrels · Sciuridae |
| Genus | Western Chipmunks · Neotamias |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Least Chipmunk with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.