Tamias ochrogenys (Merriam, 1897) . Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 195.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., California, Mendocino Co., Mendocino .

DISTRIBUTION: Coast of N. California from Van Duzen River south to S. Sonoma Co. (U.S.A.).

COMMENT: Elevated from subspecies of townsendii by Sutton and Nadler, 1974, Southwest. Nat., 19: 199-212.