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#0288 · 🦊 mammals

Yellow-pine Chipmunk

🇳🇱 Geelsparchipmunk ·Neotamias amoenus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe
Yellow-pine Chipmunk, photo 1 of 9
1/9 © Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The yellow-pine chipmunk ( Tamias amoenus ) is a species of order Rodentia in the family Sciuridae. It is found in western North America: parts of Canada and the United States.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 7,871iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 7,871 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Yellow-pine Chipmunk
Nederlands
Geelsparchipmunk
scientific name
Neotamias amoenus
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Sciuridae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
7,871
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Sciuridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 225740, Wikidata Q21730871, GBIF 4972377, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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