genus Eutamias


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Related to genus Eutamias: chipmunk
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Noun1.genus Eutamias - chipmunks of western America and Asiagenus Eutamias - chipmunks of western America and Asia
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Sciuridae, Sciuridae - a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles
chipmunk - a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body
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References in periodicals archive ?
Three new chipmunks of the genus Eutamias from Nevada: Journal of Mammalogy, 12:298-301.
Notes on the genus Eutamias occurring west of the east base of the Cascade-Sierra system, with description of new forms.