Tamias (Neotamias) alpinus Merriam 1893

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 813

Tamias (Neotamias) alpinus Merriam 1893

Tamias (Neotamias) alpinus Merriam 1893 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 8: 137.

Type Locality: "Big Cottonwood Meadows,... just south of Mount Whitney, altitude 3,050 meters or 10,000 feet " [Tulare Co., California, USA].

Vernacular Names: Alpine Chipmunk.

Distribution: Alpine zone in Sierra Nevada, from Tuolumne to Tulare Counties ( EC California, USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias . Reviewed by Clawson et al. (1994 a, Mammalian Species No. 461).