Thomomys talpoides

(J. Richardson, 1828)

Northern Pocket Gopher

Side view. Also as Vancouver Pocket Gopher.
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Location:USA, CO, Gunnison co.Date taken:Jan 1, 1981

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Castorimorphi
Superfamily : Geomyoidea
Family : Geomyidae
Subfamily : Geomyinae
Tribe : Thomomyini
Genus : Thomomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Richardson, J. 1828-04. Short characters of a few quadrupeds procured on Capt. Franklin's late expedition. Zoological Journal 3(12):516-520.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339595

Original name as described

Cricetus talpoides

Other common names

Vancouver Pocket Gopher

Type material

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"banks of the Saskatcehewan [sic] in lat. 52° [N]." Restricted by V. Bailey in 1915 to "near Fort Carlton (Carlton House) on the Saskatchewan River, Saskatchewan, " Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WA, WY, MN, ID, CO, ND, NE, AZ, SD, MT, NV, NM, UT, CA, OR)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001886

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 99 names and synonyms.

Cricetus talpoides

(J. Richardson, 1828)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

talpoides

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

518

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339595

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

Richardson (1828:518, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56722)

Geomys Douglasii

(J. Richardson, 1829)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

douglasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27984724

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lesson (1836:461, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62815144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Geomys borealis

(J. Richardson, 1837)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

150, 156

Authority publication

Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

Name usages

  1. De Kay (1842:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  2. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Thomomys rufescens

zu Wied-Neuwied, 1839

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MS-636

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-636

Authority page

378

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42056064

Authority publication

Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

Murray (1866:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Geomys douglasi

(De Kay, 1842)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

douglasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003547

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

De Kay (1842:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)

Geomys talpoïdes

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

talpoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

118

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. De Kay (1842:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)

Geomys unisulcatus

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

unisulcatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729856

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Geomys fuliginosus

(H. R. Schinz, 1845)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

136

Authority publication

Solothurn

Tomomys rufescens

zu Wied-Neuwied, 1862

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160490

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wied-Neuwied (1862:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68471)

Thomomys borealis

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580353

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

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