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Townsend's Chipmunk
Neotamias townsendii
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
Shadow ChipmunkNeotamias senex
Siskiyou ChipmunkNeotamias siskiyou
Eastern ChipmunkTamias striatus
Least ChipmunkNeotamias minimus
Douglas's SquirrelTamiasciurus douglasii
Sonoma ChipmunkNeotamias sonomae
Redwood ChipmunkNeotamias ochrogenys
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 4,325 |
|---|---|
| Oregon | 2,291 |
| Washington | 2,021 |
| Canada | 402 |
| British Columbia | 402 |
| California | 21 |
| Nevada | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 1 |
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 Townsend's Chipmunk with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.