taxonID	type	description	language	source
8D4F8F42FFB3357FFF15F916FC5CFC49.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Dorsal stripes all subequally spaced; lateral pair of dark stripes shorter than median trio, which reach onto shoulder and rump; antorbital foramen suborbicular; ears broad, rounded at the tips; tail 40 – 50 % total length; posterior border of the zygomatic notch extends only to level of P 4; postorbital process broad basally; well-developed lambdoidal crest; palate short, extending to or just behind the plane of the last molars; auditory bullae relatively large; upper incisors with numerous distinct longitudinal striations; normally two upper premolars, the anterior root of P 4 projects lingual to the masseteric knob; upper molar series slightly convergent posteriorly; head of the malleus not elongated, the planes formed by the lamina and manubrium ca. 90 °; hypohyal and ceratohyal elements of hyoid apparatus completely fused in adults; conjoining tendon between anterior and posterior sets of digastric muscles ribbonlike; baculum gradually tapering from base to tip, evenly curved at tip, with a microscopic ridge on the dorsal surface. Karyotype 2 N = 38, with two to three autosomal and one Y chromosome rearrangement separating it from either of the North American lineages (Nadler et al. 1977).	en	Patterson, B. D., Norris, R. W. (2016): Towards a uniform nomenclature for ground squirrels: the status of the Holarctic chipmunks. Mammalia 80 (3): 241-251
8D4F8F42FFB3357FFF15F916FC5CFC49.taxon	type_taxon	Type species Sciurus striatus asiaticus Gmelin, 1788. Included species Eutamias sibiricus (Laxmann, 1769) – Siberian chipmunk.	en	Patterson, B. D., Norris, R. W. (2016): Towards a uniform nomenclature for ground squirrels: the status of the Holarctic chipmunks. Mammalia 80 (3): 241-251
8D4F8F42FFB3357FFF15FDD2FEF6F9F5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Median dark dorsal stripe narrow and flanked by two paler stripes more than twice its width; all four of the dark stripes short, none extending onto the rump or shoulder; ears broad, rounded at the tips; tail <40 % total length; antorbital foramen rounded (suborbicular); posterior border of the zygomatic notch reaches level of P 4 – M 1; postorbital process long and broad basally; well-developed lambdoidal crest; palate long, extending well beyond the plane of the last molars; auditory bullae relatively small; upper incisors with weak or no longitudinal striations; a single upper premolar (P 4), whose anterior root projects buccal to the masseteric knob; upper molar series slightly convergent posteriorly; head of the malleus elongate, the planes formed by the lamina and manubrium ca. 60 °; hypohyal and ceratohyal elements of hyoid apparatus separate in adults; conjoining tendon between anterior and posterior sets of digastric muscles rounded in cross-section; baculum nearly straight, upturned at tip, with slight median ridge on ventral surface. Karyotype 2 N = 38; Giemsa-stained chromosomes show at least nine structural rearrangements from the pattern shown by Neotamias (Nadler et al. 1977).	en	Patterson, B. D., Norris, R. W. (2016): Towards a uniform nomenclature for ground squirrels: the status of the Holarctic chipmunks. Mammalia 80 (3): 241-251
8D4F8F42FFB3357FFF15FDD2FEF6F9F5.taxon	type_taxon	Type species Sciurus striatus Linnaeus, 1758. Included species Tamias striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Eastern chipmunk.	en	Patterson, B. D., Norris, R. W. (2016): Towards a uniform nomenclature for ground squirrels: the status of the Holarctic chipmunks. Mammalia 80 (3): 241-251
8D4F8F42FFB3357EFC87FA03FCB4FB94.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Dorsal stripes all subequal in width; lateral pair of dark stripes shorter than medial trio; ears narrower, more pointed at the tips; tail 40 – 50 % total length; antorbital foramen slitlike (narrowly oval); posterior border of the zygomatic notch extends only to level of P 4; postorbital process gracile at base; lambdoidal crest barely discernable; palate short, extending to or just behind the plane of the last molars; auditory bullae relatively large; upper incisors with numerous distinct longitudinal striations; two upper premolars; the anterior root of P 4 projects lingual to the masseteric knob; upper molar series approximately parallel; head of the malleus not elongated, the planes formed by the lamina and manubrium ca. 90 °; hypohyal and ceratohyal elements of hyoid apparatus completely fused in adults; conjoining tendon between anterior and posterior sets of digastric muscles ribbonlike; baculum highly variable but abruptly angled at tip with a prominent dorsal ridge (“ keel ”). Karyotype 2 N = 38, “ A ” and “ B ” karyotypes, differing from each other by a single pericentric inversion of the smallest autosome (Nadler et al. 1977).	en	Patterson, B. D., Norris, R. W. (2016): Towards a uniform nomenclature for ground squirrels: the status of the Holarctic chipmunks. Mammalia 80 (3): 241-251
8D4F8F42FFB3357EFC87FA03FCB4FB94.taxon	type_taxon	Type species Tamias asiaticus merriami J. A. Allen, 1889. Included species Neotamias alpinus (Merriam, 1893) – Alpine chipmunk; Neotamias amoenus (J. A. Allen, 1890) – Yellow-pine chipmunk; Neotamias bulleri (J. A. Allen, 1889) – Buller’s chipmunk; Neotamias canipes (Bailey, 1902) – Gray-footed chipmunk; Neotamias cinereicollis (J. A. Allen, 1890) – Gray-collared chipmunk; Neotamias dorsalis (Baird, 1855) – Cliff chipmunk; Neotamias durangae (J. A. Allen, 1903) – Durango chipmunk; Neotamias merriami (J. A. Allen, 1889) – Merriam’s chipmunk; Neotamias minimus (Bachman, 1839) – Least chipmunk; Neotamias obscurus (J. A. Allen, 1890) – California chipmunk; Neotamias ochrogenys (Merriam, 1897) – Yellow-cheeked chipmunk;	en	Patterson, B. D., Norris, R. W. (2016): Towards a uniform nomenclature for ground squirrels: the status of the Holarctic chipmunks. Mammalia 80 (3): 241-251
