Tamias quadrimaculatus Gray, 1867 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 20:435.

TYPE LOCALITY: " California, Michigan Bluff (Gruber)" [Placer Co., USA] .

DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Nevada of EC California (Plumas to Mariposa cos.); C and adjacent WC Nevada (USA).

SYNONYMS: macrorhabdotes Merriam, 1886.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias .