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Merriam's Chipmunk

🇳🇱 Merrians Chipmunk ·Neotamias merriami

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © bradrumble · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Don Roberson · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © James M. Maley · CC BY 4.0
  4. 4. Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, Mountain Center, CA, US:© dalemeister · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, Mountain Center, CA, US:© dalemeister · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, Mountain Center, CA, US:© dalemeister · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, Mountain Center, CA, US:© dalemeister · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, Mountain Center, CA, US:© dalemeister · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, Mountain Center, CA, US:© dalemeister · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, Mountain Center, CA, US:© dalemeister · CC BY-NC 4.0
Merriam's Chipmunk, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © bradrumble · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Merriam's chipmunk ( Neotamias merriami ) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in central and southern California. in the United States and a small area in northern Baja California, Mexico.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 5,459iNaturalist 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.
  • 5,459 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Merriam's Chipmunk
Nederlands
Merrians Chipmunk
scientific name
Neotamias merriami
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Sciuridae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
5,459
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 197810, Wikidata Q21730971, GBIF 4972386, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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