This chipmunk occurs in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. It mainly uses conifer forests and mature woodlands and gathers and stores seeds.
Light and dark stripes mark its back and head, with five dark stripes on the back. The central stripe extends forward onto the head; gray, black, pale-gray, and buff stripes are described.
It lives mainly in conifer forests and also uses mature woodlands and forest edges. It is most active in early morning and late afternoon and gathers seeds to store in burrows or other caches.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.