Nevada mammals

Panamint Chipmunk in Nevada

Neotamias panamintinus

Native to Nevada S4 Apparently Secure in Nevada

Not listed as nonindigenous in Nevada by USGS NAS; native to its Nevada range.

IUCN Red List status

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

Panamint Chipmunk in Nevada, by the numbers

Occasional in Nevada 83rd most recorded of 142 mammals logged in Nevada

36 occurrence records
24 with iNaturalist photos
Aug 11, 2025 Last seen in Nevada

When to look for the Panamint Chipmunk in Nevada

Most sightings fall in May.

36 Nevada occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Nevada records (table)
MonthRecords
January4
February0
March4
April3
May13
June5
July0
August1
September4
October0
November1
December1

Monthly panamint chipmunk occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Nevada.

Seasonality

Year-round in Nevada, with recorded sightings peaking in May.

Occurrence map

Where Panamint Chipmunk has been recorded in Nevada

36 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

36 Nevada records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
La Madre Mountain Wilderness Area 2
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area 1
Rainbow Mountain Wilderness Area 1
Mt. Charleston Wilderness 1

Protected places with the most panamint chipmunk sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Nevada

CountyRecords
Clark County 34
Nye County 1
Esmeralda County 1

The complete county distribution, spread across 3 Nevada counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Nevada records for the panamint chipmunk have a limited set of named hotspots, led by Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. That gap may reflect where people look and report, so it doesn’t prove absence elsewhere.

These sites place the Nevada record pattern firmly in the state’s southern desert country. The protected lands also span springs, canyons, and open basin terrain. The monthly pattern is fairly spread out rather than confined to one Nevada season. It tracks observer records and shouldn’t be read as a population count.

The file combines 24 research-grade iNaturalist records and 31 GBIF records. Those 55 records measure documented encounters, not Nevada’s population size. It’s native to Nevada. Nevada doesn’t specifically list it under the state’s conservation framework, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

More mammals in Nevada in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
  • USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"