Syntype of Tamias dorsalis

Date Collected:

1851-01-01/1851-12-31

North America: United States: New Mexico: Grant | Fort Webster, Coppermines of the Mimbres, (near present Georgetown)

Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Sciuridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Tamias dorsalis Baird, 1855
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Sciuridae
Common Name(s): cliff chipmunk
Determiner: Spencer Fullerton Bairdlinked data icon on 1855-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID Date is year of publication

Media type: text; Baird 1855 Description: Characteristics of some new species of North American Mammalia, collected chiefly in connection with the U.S. surveys of a railroad route to the Pacific.;

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Shows Publication: Baird 1855 Description: Characteristics of some new species of North American Mammalia, collected chiefly in connection with the U.S. surveys of a railroad ...

  • additional number: USNM119/3151
  • previous number: USNM119/3151

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
Remarks: mandible
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: skin; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-11-09   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex unknown [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-12-07

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  • = Tamias dorsalis dorsalis

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • New Mexico
  • County:
  • Grant
  • Specific Locality:
  • Fort Webster, Coppermines of the Mimbres, (near present Georgetown)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Fort Webster, Coppermines of the Mimbres, (near present Georgetown)
  • Georeference:
  • 32.7894430°, -108.06445° (Error radius: 4772m) By: John Mewherter on 2020-01-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1851-01-01 / 1851-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1851
  • Collector:
  • John H. Clark

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 4753;  4754;  4755;  4756;  4757;  4758;  4759;  4760;  4761;  4762;  4763;  4764;  4765;  4766;  4768;  4769;  4771;  4772;  4773;  4774;  4775;  4751;  4752;  4767;  4770 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 002801-008925, pg.79;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:4753 Eutamias umbrinus to MCZ:Mamm:477...

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