Nevada mammals

Yellow-pine Chipmunk in Nevada

Neotamias amoenus

Native to Nevada S5 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.

Yellow-pine Chipmunk in Nevada, by the numbers

Rare in Nevada 104th most recorded of 142 mammals logged in Nevada

134 occurrence records
12 with iNaturalist photos

134 total records count every Nevada occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the map plots a georeferenced sample of 133; the monthly chart covers the 133 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the Yellow-pine Chipmunk in Nevada

Most sightings fall in July.

133 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
January0
February1
March5
April10
May5
June5
July78
August12
September9
October5
November3
December0

Monthly yellow-pine chipmunk occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Nevada.

Seasonality

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

Occurrence map

Where Yellow-pine Chipmunk has been recorded in Nevada

133 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

133 Nevada records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Toiyabe National Forest 7
Jarbidge Wilderness 3

Protected places with the most yellow-pine 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
Washoe County 87
Elko County 23
Douglas County 12
Humboldt County 5
Carson City County 3
Lander County 1
White Pine County 1
Nye County 1
Other localities 1

The complete county distribution, spread across 8 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 yellow pine chipmunk are anchored by Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and Great Basin National Park. They show where people have reported it, not how many animals live there.

The Nevada records bridge the state’s southern desert country and its higher central or northern ranges. That broad spread matters more than any single hotspot. The strongest reporting falls in summer, when Nevada’s high country is easiest to reach but low deserts are hottest. That may shape where observers submit records.

The file combines 12 research-grade iNaturalist records and 133 GBIF records. Those 145 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"