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Yellow-Pine Chipmunk - Tamias amoenus - Geelsparchipmunk
Western North-America, from South-British Columbia and Alberta to California and Nevada.
The following 14 subspecies are being recognised:
Tamias amoenus amoenus - West-USA, from Central- and East-Oregon to Idaho, Nevada and Northeast-California;
Tamias amoenus albiventris - Blue Mountains of Oregon and Washington;
Tamias amoenus felix - South-British Columbia (Mount Baker range) to Northwest-Washington;
Tamias amoenus septentrionalis - Westcentral-British Columbia (west of Fraser River);
Tamias amoenus affinis - Southeast-British Columbia (east to Okanagan Lake) to Northeast-Washington;
Tamias amoenus canicaudus - Southeast-British Columbia (east of Okanagan Lake) to Northwest-Montana and North-Idaho;
Tamias amoenus luteiventris - Rocky Mountains of Southwest-Alberta and Southeast-British Columbia to Northwest-Wyoming;
Tamias amoenus ludibundus - Southwest-Alberta to Central-Oregon;
Tamias amoenus vallicola - Bitterroot Valley of Montana;
Tamias amoenus cratericus - Craters of the Moon National Monument, Southcentral-Idaho;
Tamias amoenus celeris - Pine Forest Mountains, Nevada;
Tamias amoenus monoensis - Sierra Nevada in California and Nevada;
Tamias amoenus ochraceus - Northwest-California to South-Oregon.
Of this species there are no Zoo photo's available.