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title: "Long-eared Chipmunk"
description: "Neotamias quadrimaculatus — Zoogdieren. The long-eared chipmunk (Neotamias quadrimaculatus), also called the Sacramento chipmunk or the four-banded chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/long-eared-chipmunk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-eared Chipmunk

> Neotamias quadrimaculatus — Zoogdieren. The long-eared chipmunk (Neotamias quadrimaculatus), also called the Sacramento chipmunk or the four-banded chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Neotamias quadrimaculatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 780
- iNaturalist taxon: [225748](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/225748)

## Names

- en: Long-eared Chipmunk
- de: Langohrstreifenhörnchen

## Countries with the most observations

US (321)

## Summary

The long-eared chipmunk (Neotamias quadrimaculatus), also called the Sacramento chipmunk or the four-banded chipmunk, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It is endemic to the central and northern Sierra Nevada of California and Nevada in the United States. Long-eared chipmunks have the longest ears of all species of chipmunks.

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

## Photo

![Long-eared Chipmunk](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-eared-chipmunk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/302750290

## Machine access

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