Tamias striatus doorsiensis

{{Short description|Subspecies of rodent}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Tamias

| species = striatus

| species_link= Eastern chipmunk

| subspecies = doorsiensis

| authority = Long, 1971

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Tamias striatus doorsiensis is a subspecies of the eastern chipmunk that is only found in Door, Kewaunee, northeastern Brown, and possibly Manitowoc counties in northeastern Wisconsin.Tales of the wild: a year with nature by Roy Lukes, ([http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43145798 entry on worldcat.org]) Egg Harbor, Wisconsin: Nature-Wise, 2000, p. 73 It was described by C. A. Long in 1971.{{ITIS|id=931202|taxon=Tamias striatus doorsiensis|access-date=10 September 2019}}{{cite book | last1=Long | first1=C.A. | title=The Wild Mammals of Wisconsin | publisher=Coronet Books Incorporated | series=Pensoft Series Faunistica | year=2008 | isbn=978-954-642-313-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BYHbGHp6vuEC&pg=PA181 | access-date=September 10, 2019| page=181}} Compared to the other subspecies of eastern chipmunk present in nearby in Michigan and Wisconsin, they have brighter patches behind their ears, grayer hair along their backs, and more white on their tails.{{cite book | last1=Thorington| first1=Richard W. Jr. | last2=Koprowski | first2=John L. | last3=Steele | first3=Michael A. | last4=Whatton | first4=James F. | title=Squirrels of the World | publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press | year=2012 | isbn=9781421404691 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7PeYX8PwBxUC&q=%22T.+s.+doorsiensis+Wisconsin+(USA.)%22&pg=PT354 | access-date=September 10, 2019| page=354}} It is smaller than T. s. griseus but larger than the least chipmunk (Neotamias minimus).

Distribution

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|Description = Distribution of Tamias striatus subspecies in the Door Peninsula vicinity: {{Nowrap|T. s. griseus (triangles),}} T. s. doorsiensis (circles), and {{Nowrap|T. s. peninsulae (squares)}}. The black symbols mark where collected specimens were taken from, while the open symbols refer to other records.

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