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Tamias townsendii

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q1768062
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Summary

Tamias townsendii is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #1,588 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tamias townsendii's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Tamias townsendii is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Tamias townsendii is classified within Tamias[5].
  • Tamias townsendii is classified within Neotamias[6].
  • Tamias townsendii's scientific name is Tamias townsendii[7].
  • Tamias townsendii's Commons category is recorded as Tamias townsendii[8].
  • Tamias townsendii's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tamias townsendii[9].
  • Tamias townsendii's Commons gallery is recorded as Tamias townsendii[10].
  • Tamias townsendii's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity[11].
  • Tamias townsendii is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Townsend’s Chipmunk'}[12].
  • Tamias townsendii is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Townsend-Streifenhörnchen'}[13].
  • Tamias townsendii's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'day', 'amount': '+28'}[14].
  • Tamias townsendii's longest observed lifespan is recorded as {'unit': 'year', 'amount': '+9.3'}[15].
  • Tamias townsendii's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[16].
  • Tamias townsendii's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+3.8'}[17].
  • Tamias townsendii's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[18].
  • Tamias townsendii's protonym of is recorded as Neotamias townsendii[19].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Tamias townsendii is Tamias townsendii[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Tamias[5] and Neotamias[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Townsend’s Chipmunk'}[12] and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Townsend-Streifenhörnchen'}[13].

Identifiers

Tamias townsendii's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46218[20]. Tamias townsendii's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 123796[21]. Tamias townsendii's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 311527[22]. Tamias townsendii's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2437449[23]. Tamias townsendii's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180208[24].

Why It Matters

Tamias townsendii ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #1,588 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Tamias townsendii. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . Tamias townsendii. wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . Evolution and spectral tuning of visual pigments in birds and mammals. wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    Parent taxon → Tamias, Neotamias
    Longest observed lifespan → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+9.3'}
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
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