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Angeles County; north along the east side of the Sierra 

 Nevada and through the Inyo region to Mono County (Mus. 

 Vert. ZooL). 



Ammospermophilus nelsoni (Merriam) 



Nelson Ground Squirrel 



Original description — Spermophilus nelsoni Merriam, Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Wash., 8, December 28, 1893, pp. 129, 130. 



Type locality — Tipton, Tulare County, California. 



Synonyms — Citellus nelsoni; Nelson Spermophile. 



Range — Lower Sonoran zone in the San Joaquin Valley, 

 chiefly on the west side, from the vicinity of Bakersfield north- 

 east to near Los Bahos, Merced County ; west to the Carrizo 

 Plain and Cuyama Valley, San Luis Obispo County (Mus. 

 Vert. ZooL). 



Sciurus douglasi mollipilosus Audubon and Bachman 

 Redwood Chickaree 



Original description — Sciurus molli-pilosus Audubon and 

 Bachman, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., October, 1841, p. 102. 



Type locality — Northern parts of California. 



Synonyms — Sciurus hudsonicus orarius Bangs, Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Wash., 11, December 30, 1897, pp. 281, 282 (type from 

 Philo, Mendocino County, California) ; Sciurus douglasi; 

 Sciurus hudsonius douglassi. 



Range — Boreal and Transition zones in the northwest 

 humid coast belt, from the Oregon line south as far as Camp 

 Meeker, Sonoma County (Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 10, 1898, p. 276; Mus. Vert. ZooL). 



Sciurus douglasi albolimbatus Allen 

 Sierra Chickaree 



Original description — Sciurus douglasii albolimbatus Allen, 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, 10, November 10, 1898, pp. 452, 

 453. 



Type locality — Blue Canyon, Placer County, California. 



Synonyjtis — Sciurus hudsonius californicus Allen, Bull. 

 Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3, November, 1890, pp. 165, 166 

 (type from Blue Canyon, Placer County, California). 



