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Tamias, genus Tamiasnoun
chipmunks of eastern North America
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Tamias
Tamias is a genus of chipmunks in the tribe Marmotini of the squirrel family. The genus includes a single living species, the eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus). The genus name Tamias (Greek: ταμίας) means "treasurer", "steward", or "housekeeper", which is a reference to the animals' role in plant dispersal through their habit of collecting and storing food for winter use. The genus Tamias was formerly divided into three subgenera that, in sum, included all chipmunk species: Tamias, the eastern chipmunk and other fossil species; Eutamias, of which the Siberian chipmunk (E. sibiricus) is the only living member; and Neotamias, which includes the 23 remaining, mostly western, species. These classifications are subjective, and most taxonomies over the twentieth century have placed the chipmunks in a single genus. However, studies of mitochondrial DNA show that the divergence between each of the three chipmunk groups is comparable to the genetic dissimilarity between Marmota and Spermophilus, so they are now often considered as separate genera.
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tamias
Tamias is a genus of squirrels also known as chipmunks. The term is basically used to refer to various species of small ground-dwelling squirrels, especially well-known for their cheek pouches used to store food. They are mainly found in North America.
Webster Dictionary
Tamiasnoun
a genus of ground squirrels, including the chipmunk
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tamias in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tamias in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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