Tamias siskiyou (A. H. Howell, 1922) . J. Mammal., 3:180.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Near summit of White Mountain, Siskiyou Mountains, altitude 6,000 feet [1,829 m], [ Siskiyou Co.,] California " [USA] .

DISTRIBUTION: Siskiyou Mtns and coast of N California to C Oregon (USA).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias . Elevated from a subspecies of townsendii by Sutton and Nadler (1974); distinction supported by Kain (1985), Sutton (1987), and Gannon and Lawlor (1989).