Tamias (Neotamias) senex J. A. Allen 1890

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 816

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scientific name	Tamias (Neotamias) senex J. A. Allen 1890
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Tamias (Neotamias) senex J. A. Allen 1890 , Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3: 83.

Type Locality: "Summit of Donner Pass, Placer Co., Cal[ifornia, USA]." .

Vernacular Names: Shadow Chipmunk.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) senex subsp. senex J. A. Allen 1890

Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) senex subsp. pacifica Sutton and Patterson 2000

Distribution: Sierra Nevada of EC California and WC Nevada to N coast of California, and NC Oregon ( USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias . Elevated from a subspecies of townsendii by Sutton and Nadler (1974); distinction also suggested by Kain (1985), Sutton (1987), and Gannon and Lawlor (1989). Reviewed by Gannon and Forbes (1995, Mammalian Species No. 502).