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Thomomys talpoides (northern pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Cricetus talpoides was named by Richardson (1828). It is extant.

It was recombined as Thomomys talpoides by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Morgan and Rinehart (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Cricetus talpoides Richardson
1902Thomomys talpoides Hay p. 731
1980Thomomys talpoides Kurten and Anderson p. 225
2007Thomomys talpoides Morgan and Rinehart p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyGeomyidaeBonaparte 1845
genusThomomysWied-Neuwied 1839
speciestalpoides(Richardson 1828)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Thomomys talpoides Richardson 1828 [northern pocket gopher]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available