Order Rodentia (Part 1) Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 345 382 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353023 dad61072-6081-4192-9e01-c996e8d6528f 0-89327-235-3 7353023 Tamias alpinus Merriam, 1893 . Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 8:137 . TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A. , California , Tulare Co., Big Cottonwood Meadows, just south of Mt. Whitney, 3050 m . DISTRIBUTION: Alpine zone in Sierra Nevada , from Tuolumne to Tulare Counties (E.C. California , U.S.A. ). ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002007001001 as Eutamias alpinus .