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title: "Tamia à queue rousse"
description: "Neotamias ruficaudus — Mammifères. The red-tailed chipmunk (Neotamias ruficaudus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/red-tailed-chipmunk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tamia à queue rousse

> Neotamias ruficaudus — Mammifères. The red-tailed chipmunk (Neotamias ruficaudus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Neotamias ruficaudus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammifères)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt)
- iNaturalist observations: 143
- iNaturalist taxon: [225750](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/225750)

## Names

- en: Red-tailed Chipmunk
- de: Rotschwanzstreifenhörnchen
- es: Ardilla Rayada de Cola Roja
- fr: Tamia à queue rousse

## Countries with the most observations

US (75), CA (6)

## Summary

The red-tailed chipmunk (Neotamias ruficaudus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Alberta and British Columbia in Canada and Montana, Idaho and Washington in the United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_chipmunk

## Photo

![Tamia à queue rousse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-tailed-chipmunk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Spencer Quayle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/307179005

## Machine access

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