Long-eared Chipmunk
Neotamias quadrimaculatus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 180
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The long-eared chipmunk (Neotamias quadrimaculatus), also called the Sacramento chipmunk or the four-banded chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is endemic to the central and northern Sierra Nevada of California and Nevada in the United States. Long-eared chipmunks have the longest ears of all species of chipmunks.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Long-eared chipmunk”.