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Thomomys bottae (Botta's pocket gopher)

Osteichthyes - 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), Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Subspecies
T. fulvus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. leucodon, T. taloides

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
classOsteichthyes
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()
orderRodentia
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 11:11:47
Modified: 2012-05-15 02:58:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Stein 2000, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.4 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Thomomys bottae (19719)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Thomomys bottae (237076)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Thomomys bottae (20181 20185 20186 20191 20200 20205 20206 20207 20209 20210 20211 20212 20214 20230 20231 20234 20237 20246 20454 20464 20472) Thomomys sp. (20178 20187 20199)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.4 - 0.014USA (California) Thomomys bottae (20323)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Thomomys bottae (20639)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Thomomys bottae (20624)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Thomomys bottae (240844)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Thomomys bottae (20623 20642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Thomomys bottae (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Thomomys bottae (74473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Thomomys bottae (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Thomomys bottae (93141) Thomomys fulvus (93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Thomomys bottae (73752 85314 106400)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Thomomys bottae (74474)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Thomomys bottae (63708 63712 63720 63721 63724)