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Buller's Chipmunk
Tamias bulleri J.A.Allen, 1889
First described in: Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol.2 p.173
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. Buller’s Chipmunk builds nests in tree cavities or in the ground. General vocalizations are similar to other chipmunks, butit is reported to also be able to produce a sound unique to the genus.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Heavily wooded forests, with a significant component of rocks or downed woody debris, in the Sierra Madre slopes and canyons, between elevations of ¢. 2100 - 2400 m. At these elevations vegetation is composed of pines (Pinus, Pinaceae) with other species of conifers, oaks (Quercus, Fagaceae) and the quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides, Salacaceae); scrub oak vegetation, including manzanita (Arctostaphylos pungens, Salacaceae), mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus, Rosaceae) and Ceanothus (Rhamnaceae) dominate lower elevations of Buller’s Chipmunk habitat.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Sciuridae
breeding
Breeding. A female with three embryos was captured 26 June and another with two embryos on 18 July. Lactating females were reported between 27 June- 20 July, and a subadult on 13 May. There is controversy in the literature about the existence of sexual dimorphism in Buller’s Chipmunk.
Sciuridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Tamias bulleri in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437440.