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Siberian chipmunk
Species of mammal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Siberian chipmunk (Eutamias sibiricus), also called common chipmunk, is native to northern Asia from central Russia to China, Korea, and Hokkaidō in northern Japan.[1] It was imported from South Korea and introduced in Europe as a pet in the 1960s.
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Siberian chipmunk | |
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On the mountain of Seoraksan, South Korea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Eutamias |
Species: | E. sibiricus |
Binomial name | |
Eutamias sibiricus (Laxmann, 1769) | |
Subspecies[2] | |
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Siberian chipmunk range.[1] | |
Synonyms | |
Tamias sibiricus (Laxmann, 1769) |
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