Tamias alpinus Merriam, 1893 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 8:137.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Big Cottonwood Meadows,... just south of Mount Whitney, altitude 3,050 meters or 10,000 feet " [Tulare Co., California, USA].

DISTRIBUTION: Alpine zone in Sierra Nevada, from Tuolumne to Tulare Counties (EC California, USA).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias .