Spermophilus beecheyi (Richardson, 1829) . Fauna Boreali-Americana, 1:170.

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

DISTRIBUTION: W. Washington (U.S.A.) to Baja California Norte (Mexico).

COMMENT: Subgenus Otospermophilus; see Hall, 1981:401. Gromov et al., 1965:145, considered Otospermophilus a distinct genus. Type locality restricted by Grinnell, 1933, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., 40: 120.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002032005001.