Interesting Facts
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
)
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
)
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
(
)
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
)
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Geomorpha
(
)
- (Thaler, 1966) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Geomyoidea
(
)
- (Bonaparte, 1845) Weber, 1904
- Family:
Geomyidae
(
)
- (Bonaparte, 1845) Gill, 1872
- Subfamily:
Geomyinae
(
)
- Tribe:
Thomomyini
(
)
- Genus:
Thomomys
(
)
- Wied-Neuwied, 1839
- Specific name:
bottae
- Subspecies:
mohavensis
- Scientific name: - Thomomys bottae mohavensis
- Subspecies:
mohavensis
- Specific name:
bottae
- Genus:
Thomomys
(
- Tribe:
Thomomyini
(
- Subfamily:
Geomyinae
(
- Family:
Geomyidae
(
- Superfamily:
Geomyoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Geomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Thomomys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 53 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. bottae (Botta's Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae abstrusus (Botta's Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae bonnevillei (Bonneville Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae bottae (Botta's Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae convexus (Clear Lake Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae cultellus (Botta's Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae curtatus (San Antonio Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae desertorum (Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae detumidus (Pistol River Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae dissimilis (Mount Ellen Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae guadalupensis (Guadalupe Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae howelli (Botta's Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae limpiae (Limpia Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae mearnsi (Mearns' Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae minimus (Stansbury Island Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae nesophilus (Antelope Island Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae paguatae (Cebolleta Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae pervagus (Botta's Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae robustus (Skull Valley Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae sevieri (Swasey Spring Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae subsimilis (Harquahala Pocket Gopher) · T. bottae texensis (Limpia Creek Pocket Gopher) · T. bulbivorus (Camas Pocket Gopher) · T. clusius (Wyoming Pocket Gopher) · T. idahoensis (Pygmy Pocket Gopher) · T. idahoensis confinus (Hamilton Pocket Gopher) · T. mazama (Puget Sound Pocket Gopher) · T. mazama couchi (Puget Sound Pocket Gopher) · T. mazama glacialis (Roy Prairie Pocket Gopher) · T. mazama helleri (Gold Beach Pocket Gopher) · T. mazama hesperus (Pocket Gopher) · T. mazama louiei (Cathlamet Pocket Gopher) · T. mazama melanops (Olympic Mountains Pocket Gopher) · T. mazama niger (Pocket Gopher) · T. mazama pugetensis (Olympia Pocket Gopher) · T. mazama tacomensis (Tacoma Pocket Gopher) · T. mazama tumuli (Rocky Prairie Pocket Gopher) · T. mazama yelmensis (Yelm Prairie Pocket Gopher) · T. monticola (California Mountain Pocket Gopher) · T. monticola monticola (Mountain Pocket Gopher) · T. talpoides (Vancouver Pocket Gopher) · T. talpoides douglasii (Northern Pocket Gopher) · T. talpoides limoses (Northern Pocket Gopher) · T. talpoides limosus (Columbia River Pocket Gopher) · T. talpoides retrorsus (Northern Pocket Gopher) · T. talpoides segregatus (Creston Northern Pocket Gopher) · T. talpoides talpoides (Northern Pocket Gopher) · T. townsendii (Townsend's Pocket Gopher) · T. townsendii townsendii (Townsend's Pocket Gopher) · T. umbrinus (Animas Mountains Pocket Gopher) · T. umbrinus emotus (Animas Mountains Pocket Gopher) · T. umbrinus intermedius (Southern Pocket Gopher) · T. umbrinus umbrinus (Southern Pocket Gopher)
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Further Reading
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 7 1932 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 153, p. 268, p. 269.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 5 1952 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 358, p. 359, p. 547.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10325091
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2291647
