Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Thomomys townsendii (Townsend's pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Geomys townsendii was named by Bachman (1839). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Thomomys umbrinus by Hall (1981); it was recombined as Thomomys townsendii by Thaeler (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Patton et al. (1984), Patton and Smith (1989), Rogers (1991) and Wilson and Reeder (1993).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Geomys townsendii Bachman
1921Thomomys scudderi Hay
1931Thomomys townsendi Elftman p. 10
1968Thomomys townsendii Thaeler
1980Thomomys townsendii Kurten and Anderson p. 225
1984Thomomys townsendii Patton and et al.
1989Thomomys townsendii Patton and Smith
1991Thomomys townsendii Rogers
1993Thomomys townsendii Wilson and Reeder

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
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
speciestownsendii(Bachman 1839)

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 townsendii Bachman 1839 [Townsend's pocket gopher]
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Thomomys scudderi Hay 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available