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Tamias striatus ohioensis

Tamias striatus ohioensis

Classification

Family
Sciuridae

The Ohio chipmunk (Tamias striatus ohioensis), also known as the Ohioan chipmunk, or the Ohio eastern chipmunk, is a subspecies of the eastern chipmunk that is native to parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, and Ohio, with some populations potentially present in far north-eastern to western Pennsylvania, and very rarely into West Virginia. It was described by Patterson Bole and Philip Moulthrop in 1942. The subspecies has a very similar coloration, and appearance to that of other subspecies.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1