Spermophilus brunneus (A. H. Howell, 1928) . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 41:211.

TYPE LOCALITY: "New Meadows, Adams County, Idaho [USA]."

DISTRIBUTION: WC Idaho (USA), in three isolated areas; north of Payette R. to Hitt and Cuddy Mtns; between Cuddy and Seven Devils Mtns, and east of West Mtns.

STATUS: " ...limited ranges and small breeding populations...vulnerable... " (Yensen, 1991:597).

SYNONYMS: endemicus Yensen, 1991.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Spermophilus (Hall, 1981:385) . Includes endemicus, which "may be reaching species-level separation" (Yensen, 1991:597).