Tamias (Neotamias) senex J. A. Allen 1890

Tamias (Neotamias) senex J. A. Allen 1890, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3: 83.

Type Locality: "Summit of Donner Pass, Placer Co., Cal[ifornia, USA]." .

Vernacular Names: Shadow Chipmunk.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) senex subsp. senex J. A. Allen 1890

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) senex subsp. pacifica Sutton and Patterson 2000

Distribution: Sierra Nevada of EC California and WC Nevada to N coast of California, and NC Oregon (USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias . Elevated from a subspecies of townsendii by Sutton and Nadler (1974); distinction also suggested by Kain (1985), Sutton (1987), and Gannon and Lawlor (1989). Reviewed by Gannon and Forbes (1995, Mammalian Species No. 502).