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Uinta Chipmunk

Neotamias umbrinus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Utah.January 89, February 77, March 105, April 188, May 276, June 166, July 165, August 162, September 122, October 110, November 70, December 71.
United States2,281
Utah1,980
Colorado189
Nevada145
California135
Arizona97
Wyoming75
Idaho9
New Mexico1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilySquirrels · Sciuridae
GenusWestern Chipmunks · Neotamias

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Uinta Chipmunk with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.