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Thomomys bottae (Botta's pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Oryctomys bottae was named by Eydoux and Gervais (1836). It is extant.

It was recombined as Thomomys bottae by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Subspecies
T. fulvus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Oryctomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais
1980Thomomys bottae Kurten and Anderson p. 225
2005Thomomys bottae Wilson and Reeder

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—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
speciesbottae(Eydoux and Gervais 1836)

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 bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 [Botta's pocket gopher]
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Thomomys bottae fulvus Woodhouse 1852
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available