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Megascapheus laticeps (Northern California pocket gopher)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Thomomys laticeps was named by Baird (1855). It is extant.

It was recombined as Megascapheus laticeps by Álvarez-Castañeda and Segura-Trujillo (2025).

Entered
by J. Marcot on 2026-06-30; modified by J. Marcot on 2026-06-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Thomomys laticeps Baird p. 335
2025Megascapheus laticeps Álvarez-Castañeda and Segura-Trujillo p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
suborderSupramyomorpha
infraorderCastorimorphi
familyGeomyidaeBonaparte 1845
subfamilyGeomyinaeBonaparte 1845
tribeThomomyiniRussell 1968
genusMegascapheusElliot 1903
specieslaticeps(Baird 1855)

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.

Megascapheus laticeps Baird 1855 [Northern California pocket gopher]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:06:30
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available