Thomomys gidleyi Wilson 1933 (pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Full reference: R. W. Wilson. 1933. A rodent fauna from later Cenozoic beds of southwestern Idaho. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 440(8):117-135

Belongs to Thomomys according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980

See also Wilson 1933

Sister taxa: Thomomys bottae, Thomomys bulbivorus, Thomomys carsonensis, Thomomys clusius, Thomomys microdon, Thomomys monticola, Thomomys orientalis, Thomomys potomacensis, Thomomys talpoides, Thomomys townsendii, Thomomys umbrinus

Ecology: fossorial browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)

• Blancan of United States (16: California, Idaho, Washington)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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