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Megascapheus townsendii (Townsend's pocket gopher)
Taxonomy
Geomys townsendii was named by Bachman (1839). It is extant.
It was recombined as Thomomys townsendii by Thaeler (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Patton et al. (1984), Patton and Smith (1989), Rogers (1991), Wilson and Reeder (1993); it was synonymized subjectively with Thomomys umbrinus by Hall (1981); it was recombined as Megascapheus townsendii by Álvarez-Castañeda and Segura-Trujillo (2025).
It was recombined as Thomomys townsendii by Thaeler (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Patton et al. (1984), Patton and Smith (1989), Rogers (1991), Wilson and Reeder (1993); it was synonymized subjectively with Thomomys umbrinus by Hall (1981); it was recombined as Megascapheus townsendii by Álvarez-Castañeda and Segura-Trujillo (2025).
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Geomys townsendii Bachman |
| 1921 | Thomomys scudderi Hay |
| 1931 | Thomomys townsendi Elftman p. 10 |
| 1968 | Thomomys townsendii Thaeler |
| 1980 | Thomomys townsendii Kurten and Anderson p. 225 |
| 1984 | Thomomys townsendii Patton and et al. |
| 1989 | Thomomys townsendii Patton and Smith |
| 1991 | Thomomys townsendii Rogers |
| 1993 | Thomomys townsendii Wilson and Reeder |
| 2025 | Megascapheus townsendii Álvarez-Castañeda and Segura-Trujillo p. 60 |
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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 townsendii Bachman 1839 [Townsend's pocket gopher]
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Invalid names: Thomomys scudderi Hay 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Idaho) | Thomomys townsendii (20569) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Thomomys townsendii, Thomomys townsendi (93251) |