Tamias striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:64.

TYPE LOCALITY: Restricted by Howell (1929:14) to "upper Savannah River, S[outh] Cfarolina]." [USA].

DISTRIBUTION: S Manitoba and Nova Scotia (Canada) to Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia, east to Atlantic Coast (USA).

SYNONYMS: americanus Gmelin, 1788; doorsiensis Long, 1971; fisheri A. Howell, 1925; griseus Mearns, 1891; lysteri (Richardson, 1829); ohioensis Bole and Moulthrop, 1942; peninsulae Hooper, 1942; pipilans Lowery, 1943; quebecensis Cameron, 1950; rufescens Bole and Moulthrop, 1942; venustus Bangs, 1896.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Tamias; see Gromov et al. (1965:134). Reviewed by Snyder (1982, Mammalian Species, 168).