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species

Western Pocket Gopher
Thomomys mazama C. H. Merriam, 1897

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  family Geomyidae - pocket gophers »  genus Thomomys - Smooth-toothed Pocket Gophers

Scientific synonyms

Thomomys (Thomomys) mazama Merriam, 1897

Other names

= Mazama pocket gopher

Images

Thomomys mazama - Western Pocket Gopher

Author: Karl Pollak

Thomomys mazama - Western Pocket Gopher

Author: Karl Pollak

Thomomys mazama - Western Pocket Gopher

Author: Karl Pollak

Thomomys mazama - Western Pocket Gopher

Author: Karl Pollak

Included taxa

Number of records: 2

subspecies Thomomys mazama mazama Merriam, 1897
subspecies Thomomys mazama tacomensis Taylor, 1919

Links and literature

EN ASM Mammal Diversity Database 2.1 [1001882]

ASM Mammal Diversity Database [https://www.mammaldiversity.org/], American Society of Mammalogists [as Thomomys mazama C. H. Merriam, 1897]
Data retrieved on: 29 May 2025
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Thomomys mazama Merriam, 1897]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Thomomys mazama Merriam, 1897]

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Explanations

extinct taxon