| California chipmunk | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Neotamias |
| Species: | N. obscurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Neotamias obscurus (J. A. Allen, 1890) | |
| Synonyms | |
Tamias obscurusJ. A. Allen, 1890 | |
The California chipmunk or chaparral chipmunk (Neotamias obscurus) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is found in Baja California, Mexico, and in southern California in the United States. [1]