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title: "Palmer-Streifenhörnchen"
description: "Neotamias palmeri — Säugetiere. Palmer's chipmunk (Neotamias palmeri) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, endemic to Spring Mountains in southern Nevada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/palmer-s-chipmunk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Palmer-Streifenhörnchen

> Neotamias palmeri — Säugetiere. Palmer's chipmunk (Neotamias palmeri) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, endemic to Spring Mountains in southern Nevada.

- Scientific name: *Neotamias palmeri*
- Category: `mammals` (Säugetiere)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `mountains` (Gebirge)
- iNaturalist observations: 292
- iNaturalist taxon: [225746](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/225746)

## Names

- en: Palmer's Chipmunk
- de: Palmer-Streifenhörnchen

## Countries with the most observations

US (268)

## Summary

Palmer's chipmunk (Neotamias palmeri) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, endemic to Spring Mountains in southern Nevada. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. Palmer's chipmunks are limited to "sky islands" which are  mountainous habitats that are surrounded by other lower elevation inhospitable habitats. It is primarily threatened by habitat loss. Palmer's chipmunk is named after Theodore Sherman Palmer, an American botanist and zoologist. With adequate habitat and food resources Palmer's chipmunks typically live from 1 to 4 years.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer%27s_chipmunk

## Photo

![Palmer-Streifenhörnchen](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/palmer-s-chipmunk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vasily Reinkymov · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174397992

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/palmer-s-chipmunk?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).