Tamias butteri J. A. Allen, 1889 . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2: 173.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Sierra de Valparaiso, Zacatecas," [Mexico] .

DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Madre, in S Durango, W Zacatecas, and N Jalisco (Mexico).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias . Formerly included durangae and solivagus, which were considered incertae sedis by Callahan (1980); see durangae .