Latitudinal range: 36.9° to 56.3°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (4), temperate coniferous forest (1), boreal forest/taiga (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1)

Found in 13 samples

Canada: Gogama, Prince Albert Model Forest, Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV) (Holocene)

United States: Raft River Valley, Elkol-Sorenson Mine (1980), Elkol-Sorenson Mine (1981), Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Site (day 1, grid 1), Grand Marais, Crystal Ball Cave (Late Pleistocene), Silver Creek (Late Pleistocene), Itasca Bison Site (Holocene), Kathy's Pit (Pleistocene - Holocene), Smith Creek Canyon (Reddish-brown Silt) (Late Pleistocene)

See also Neotamias, Neotamias amoenus, Neotamias dorsalis, Neotamias malloryi, Neotamias sonomae, Neotamias sp., Neotamias speciosus, Neotamias umbrinus