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Thomomys bottae (Eydoux and Gervais, 1836)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180222

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Species
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	Tuza de Botta [Spanish]
		Botta's Pocket Gopher [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals
	Subclass	Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
	Infraclass	Eutheria Gill, 1872
	Order	Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents
	Suborder	Castorimorpha A. E. Wood, 1955
	Family	Geomyidae Bonaparte, 1845 – Pocket Gophers
	Genus	Thomomys Wied-Neuwied, 1839 – Smooth-toothed Pocket Gophers, Western Pocket Gophers
	Subgenus	Thomomys (Megascapheus) Elliot, 1903
	Species	Thomomys bottae (Eydoux and Gervais, 1836) – Tuza de Botta, Botta's Pocket Gopher
		Direct Children:
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae abbotti Huey, 1928
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae abstrusus Hall and Davis, 1935 – Fish Spring pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae actuosus Kelson, 1951
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae albatus Grinnell, 1912
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae albicaudatus Hall, 1930
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae alexandrae Goldman, 1933
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae alpinus Merriam, 1897
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae alticolus J. A. Allen, 1899
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae analogus Goldman, 1938
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae angustidens Baker, 1953
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae anitae J. A. Allen, 1898
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae aphrastus Elliot, 1903
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae aureiventris Hall, 1930
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae aureus J. A. Allen, 1893
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae awahnee Merriam, 1908
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae baileyi Merriam, 1901
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae basilicae Benson and Tillotson, 1940
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae birdseyei Goldman, 1937
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae bonnevillei Durrant, 1946 – Bonneville southern pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae borjasensis Huey, 1945
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae bottae (Eydoux and Gervais, 1836)
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae brazierhowelli Huey, 1960
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae brevidens Hall, 1932
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae cactophilus Huey, 1929
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae camoae Burt, 1937
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae canus Bailey, 1910
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae catalinae Goldman, 1931
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae catavinensis Huey, 1931
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae centralis Hall, 1930
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae cervinus J. A. Allen, 1895
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae chrysonotus Grinnell, 1912
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae cinereus Hall, 1932
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae collis Hooper, 1940
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae concisor Hall and Davis, 1935
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae confinalis Goldman, 1936
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae connectens Hall, 1936
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae contractus Durrant, 1946
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae convergens Nelson and Goldman, 1934
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae convexus Durrant, 1939 – Clear Lake pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae cultellus Kelson, 1951
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae cunicularius Huey, 1945
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae curtatus Hall, 1932 – San Antonio pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae depressus Hall, 1932
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae desertorum Merriam, 1901
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae detumidus Grinnell, 1935 – Pistol River pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae dissimilis Goldman, 1931 – Mount Ellen pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae divergens Nelson and Goldman, 1934
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae estanciae Benson and Tillotson, 1939
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae fulvus Woodhouse, 1852
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae fumosus Hall, 1932
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae guadalupensis Goldman, 1936 – Guadalupe southern pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae homorus Huey, 1949
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae howelli Goldman, 1936
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae humilis Baker, 1953
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae internatus Goldman, 1936
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae jojobae Huey, 1945
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae juarezensis Huey, 1945
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae lachuguilla Bailey, 1902
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae lacrymalis Hall, 1932
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae laticeps Baird, 1855
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae latus Hall and Davis, 1935
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae lenis Goldman, 1942
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae leucodon Merriam, 1897
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae levidensis Goldman, 1942
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae limitaris Goldman, 1936
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae limpiae Blair, 1939 – Limpia southern pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae lucidus Hall, 1932
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae lucrificus Hall and Durham, 1938
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae martirensis J. A. Allen, 1898
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae mearnsi Bailey, 1914 – Mearns' southern pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae mewa Merriam, 1908
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae minimus Durrant, 1939 – Stansbury Island pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae modicus Goldman, 1931
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae morulus Hooper, 1940
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae nanus Hall, 1932
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae navus Merriam, 1901
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae nesophilus Durrant, 1936 – Antelope Island pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae nigricans Rhoads, 1895
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae operarius Merriam, 1897
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae optabilis Goldman, 1936
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae opulentus Goldman, 1935
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae osgoodi Goldman, 1931
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae paguatae Hooper, 1940 – Cebolleta southern pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae pascalis Merriam, 1901
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae pectoralis Goldman, 1936
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae peramplus Goldman, 1931
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae perditus Merriam, 1901
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae perpallidus Merriam, 1886
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae pervagus Merriam, 1901
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae pervarius Goldman, 1938
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae phelleoecus Burt, 1933
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae pinalensis Goldman, 1938
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae planirostris Burt, 1931
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae planorum Hooper, 1940
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae powelli Durrant, 1955 – Salt Gulch pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae proximarinus Huey, 1945
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae pusillus Goldman, 1931
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae retractus Baker, 1953
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae rhizophagus Huey, 1949
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae riparius Grinnell and Hill, 1936
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae robustus Durrant, 1946 – Skull Valley pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae rubidus Youngman, 1958
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae ruidosae Hall, 1932
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae rupestris Chattin, 1941
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae ruricola Huey, 1949
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae russeolus Nelson and Goldman, 1909
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae saxatilis Grinnell, 1934
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae scotophilus Davis, 1940
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae sevieri Durrant, 1946 – Swasey Spring pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae siccovallis Huey, 1945
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae simulus Nelson and Goldman, 1934
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae sinaloae Merriam, 1901
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae solitarius Grinnell, 1926
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae spatiosus Goldman, 1938
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae stansburyi Durrant, 1946
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae sturgisi Goldman, 1938
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae subsimilis Goldman, 1933 – Harquahala southern pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae texensis Bailey, 1902 – Limpia Creek pocket gopher
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae tivius Durrant, 1937
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae toltecus J. A. Allen, 1893
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae tularosae Hall, 1932
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae vanrosseni Huey, 1934
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae varus Hall and Long, 1960
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae vescus Hall and Davis, 1935
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae villai Baker, 1953
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae wahwahensis Durrant, 1937
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae winthropi Nelson and Goldman, 1934
	Subspecies	Thomomys bottae xerophilus Huey, 1945

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Alfred L. Gardner
	Notes:	Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
	Reference for:	Thomomys bottae

	Expert:	James L. Patton
	Notes:	Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
	Reference for:	Thomomys bottae

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)
	Acquired:	2001
	Notes:	CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
	Reference for:	Tuza de Botta[Spanish]

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Thomomys bottae

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Thomomys bottae

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Hafner, Mark S., Amber R. Gates, Verity L. Mathis, James W. Demastes, and David J. Hafner
	Publication Date:	2011
	Article/Chapter Title:	Redescription of the pocket gopher Thomomys atrovarius from the Pacific coast of mainland Mexico
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 92, no. 6
	Page(s):	1367-1382
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0022-2372
	Notes:	doi: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-285.1
	Reference for:	Thomomys bottae

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Trujano-Alvarez, Ana Lilia, and Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda
	Publication Date:	2007
	Article/Chapter Title:	Taxonomic revision of Thomomys bottae in the Baja California Sur lowlands
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 88, no. 2
	Page(s):	343-350
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0022-2372
	Notes:	doi: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-291R3.1
	Reference for:	Thomomys bottae

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
	Page(s):	xviii + 1207
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-217-9
	Notes:	Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
	Reference for:	Thomomys bottae

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	2005
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
	Page(s):	2142
	Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-8221-4
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Thomomys bottae, Botta's Pocket Gopher [English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
	Publication Date:	2000
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Common Names of Mammals of the World
	Page(s):	xiv + 204
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-383-3
	Notes:	With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
	Reference for:	Thomomys bottae, Botta's Pocket Gopher [English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds.
	Publication Date:	1999
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
	Page(s):	xxv + 750
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-845-2
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Thomomys bottae

Geographic Information


	Geographic Division:	Middle America
		North America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:	Mexico, Native
		Continental US, Native

Comments


	Comment:	Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
		Comments: Subgenus Megascapheus. The taxonomic history of this, and related species has been contentious. Hall and Kelson (1959) included bottae within umbrinus but considered baileyi and townsendii as separate species, but Hall (1981) included all four of these taxa within his concept of umbrinus. Anderson (1966, 1972), Hoffmeister (1969, 1986), and Patton and co-workers (Patton, 1973; Patton and Dingman, 1968; Patton and Smith, 1981) considered bottae (including baileyi) separate from umbrinus. Tha...

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