Buller's chipmunk | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Neotamias |
Species: | N. bulleri |
Binomial name | |
Neotamias bulleri (J. A. Allen, 1889) | |
Synonyms | |
Tamias bulleriJ. A. Allen, 1889 |
Buller's chipmunk (Neotamias bulleri) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Mexico.
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