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Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) is a pocket gopher native to western North America. It is also known in some areas as valley pocket gopher , particularly in California. Both the specific and common names of this species honor Paul-Émile Botta , a naturalist and archaeologist who collected mammals in California in 1827 and 1828.
Thomomys bottae - Botta's pocket gopher; Thomomys bulbivorus - Camas pocket gopher; Thomomys nayarensis [5] Thomomys sheldoni [4] Thomomys townsendii - Townsend's pocket gopher; Thomomys umbrinus - southern pocket gopher; Subgenus Thomomys. Thomomys clusius - Wyoming pocket gopher; Thomomys idahoensis - Idaho pocket gopher
Buller's pocket gopher (P. bulleri) Genus Thomomys – western pocket gophers; widely distributed in North America, extending into the northwestern US, Canada, and the southeastern US. Black-and-Brown pocket gopher (T. atrovarius) Botta's pocket gopher (T. bottae) Camas pocket gopher (T. bulbivorus) Wyoming pocket gopher (T. clusius)
Smaller mammals that live in Lanphere Dunes include the dusky-footed woodrat, white-footed deer mouse, Pacific jumping mouse, California harvest mouse, Trowbridge shrew, Vagrant shrews, shrew moles, California voles, the rare white-footed vole and Botta's pocket gopher (Homomys bottae laticeps) are recorded.
Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) possibly extirpated; ... Townsend's pocket gopher (Thomomys townsendii) Kangaroo rats and pocket mice. Family: Heteromyidae.
Botta's pocket gopher, T. bottae [n 6] LC; Camas pocket gopher, T. bulbivorus [n 3] LC; Wyoming pocket gopher, T. clusius [n 1] LC; Idaho pocket gopher, T. idahoensis [n 1] LC; Mazama pocket gopher, T. mazama [n 3] LC; Mountain pocket gopher, T. monticola [n 3] LC; Northern pocket gopher, T. talpoides [n 3] LC; Townsend's pocket gopher, T ...
Townsend's pocket gopher is a relatively large gopher, measuring 22 to 29 cm (8.7 to 11.4 in) in total length, including a tail 6 to 10 cm (2.4 to 3.9 in) long. Adults weigh between 190 and 380 g (6.7 and 13.4 oz), with males being significantly larger than females.
Since pocket gophers are so solitary, any contact that they have with other animals is likely to be with other pocket gophers of their same species. In this way, a certain initial type of lice could be passed on almost exclusively in one species of pocket gopher for generations and generations, producing a new species of louse, specific to one ...