#0416 · 🦊 mammals

Lodgepole Chipmunk

🇳🇱 Lodgepolechipmunk ·Neotamias speciosus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Nicholas Turland · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © sea-kangaroo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © L Pittman · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © 1999 California Academy of Sciences · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © James Bailey · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © James Bailey · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Amador County, CA, USA:© Christopher Lindsey · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Glacier Point, Coulterville, CA, US:© Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Madera County, CA, USA:© Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Virginia Lakes Resort, Virginia Lakes Road, Mono County, California:© Paul Donahue · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Lodgepole chipmunk ( Tamias speciosus ) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. S. state of California at elevations from 1,500 to 3,000 metres (4,900 to 9,800 ft). The Lodgepole Chipmunk has a variety of common names including: Tahoe Chipmunk, Sequoia Chipmunk, Mt. Pinos Chipmunk, and San Bernardino Chipmunk.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,823iNaturalist 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).