Tamias quadrivittatus (Say, 1823) . In James, Account Exped. Pittsburgh to Rocky Mtns, 2:45.

TYPE LOCALITY: "(Arkansas River]...the place where the river leaves the mountains," Restricted by Merriam (1905: 163) to about 26 mi. [42 km] below Cafìon City, Fremont Co., Colorado [USA] .

DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of Colorado and E Utah south to NE Arizona and S New Mexico (USA).

STATUS: IUCN - Endangered as T. q. australis.

SYNONYMS: animosus (Warren, 1909); australis (Patterson, 1980); gracilis J. Allen, 1890.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias . Includes australis (Patterson, 1980). Formerly included hopiensis, but see Patterson (1984:452), who regarded it a nomen dubium, and rufus, now considered distinct (Patterson, 1984); but see Hoffmeister and Ellis (1979). See also umbrinus .