Thomomys talpoides

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Castorimorpha
Familia: Geomyidae
Genus: Thomomys
Species: Thomomys talpoides
Subspecies: T. t. aequalidens - T. t. agrestis - T. t. andersoni - T. t. attenuatus - T. t. bridgeri - T. t. bullatus - T. t. caryi - T. t. cheyennensis - T. t. cognatus - T. t. columbianus - T. t. devexus - T. t. douglasii - T. t. duranti - T. t. falcifer - T. t. fisheri - T. t. fossor - T. t. fuscus - T. t. gracilis - T. t. immunis - T. t. incensus -T. t. kaibabensis - T. t. kelloggi - T. t. levis - T. t. limosus - T. t. loringi - T. t. macrotis - T. t. medius - T. t. meritus - T. t. monoensis - T. t. moorei - T. t. nebulosus - T. t. ocius - T. t. oquirrhensis - T. t. parowanensis - T. t. pierreicolus - T. t. pryori - T. t. quadratus - T. t. ravus - T. t. relicinus - T. t. retrorsus - T. t. rostralis - T. t. rufescens - T. t. saturatus - T. t. segregatus - T. t. shawi - T. t. talpoides - T. t. taylori - T. t. tenellus - T. t. trivialisuinta - T. t. wallowa - T. t. wasatchensis - T. t. whitmani - T. t. yakimensis

Name

Thomomys talpoides (Richardson, 1828)

Type locality: Canada, Saskatchewan

References

* Thomomys talpoides on Mammal Species of the World.
Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
* IUCN link: Thomomys talpoides (Richardson, 1828) (Least Concern)

Links

* North American Mammals: Thomomys talpoides [1]

Vernacular Name
English: Northern Pocket Gopher

The northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) is a small gopher species native to the western United States and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Manitoba.

Description

Northern gophers are often rich brown or yellowish brown, but also grayish or closely approaching local soil color and have white markings under the chin. They also weigh less than a quarter of a pound (110 grams).

Habitat

Their habitat consists usually of good soil in meadows or along streams; most often in mountains, but also in lowlands. Northern pocket gophers rarely appear above ground; when they do, they rarely venture more than 2.5 feet from a burrow entrance. Underground, however, they often have tunnels that extend hundreds of feet where they live, store food, and mate.[2]

References

Linzey, A.V., & Hammerson, G. (NatureServe) (2008). "Thomomys talpoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/mammals/mammals/pocket.html