Tamias (Neotamias) merriami J. A. Allen 1889 Tamias (Neotamias) merriami J. A. Allen 1889, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2: 176. Type Locality: "San Bernardino Mts" [N of San Bernardino, 4,500 feet (1,372 m), San Bernardino Co., California, USA]. Vernacular Names: Merriam's Chipmunk. Subspecies:: Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) merriami subsp. merriami J. A. Allen 1889 Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) merriami subsp. kernensis Grinnell and Storer 1916 Subspecies Tamias (Neotamias) merriami subsp. pricei J. A. Allen 1895 Distribution: San Francisco Bay southward in the Coast Range, and south of Columbia (California, USA) in the Sierra Nevada, to extreme N Baja California (Mexico). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included meridionalis and obscurus; see Callahan (1977). See also comment under obscurus. Reviewed by Best and Granai (1994 a, Mammalian Species No. 476), and Larson (1981-1987).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 815, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535