Tamias dorsalis Baird, 1855. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7:332. TYPE LOCALITY: "Fort Webster, Coppermines of the Mimbres" Restricted by Howell (1929: 131) to near present site of Santa Rita, Grant Co., New Mexico. DISTRIBUTION: E Nevada, S Idaho, Utah, SW Wyoming, and NW Colorado south through Arizona and W New Mexico (USA) to NW Durango, W Coahuila, and coastal Sonora (Mexico). SYNONYMS: canescens (J. Allen, 1904); carminis (Goldman, 1938); grinnelli (Burt, 1931); nidoensis (Lidicker, 1960); sonoriensis (Callahan and Davis, 1977); utahensis (Merriam, 1897). COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias. Reviewed by Callahan and Davis (1977) who included sonoriensis in this species and by Hart (1992, Mammalian Species, 399).

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Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 453, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130