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.[1] 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.[1][2]
| Ohio chipmunk | |
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| An individual spotted near Newark, Ohio | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Tamias |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | T. s. ohioensis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Tamias striatus ohioensis Bole ex Moulthrop, 1942
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References
edit- ^ a b "Tamias striatus ohioensis". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Tamias striatus ohioensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 May 2023.