Mountain pocket gopher
| Mountain pocket gopher Thomomys monticola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Thomomys |
| Species: | T. monticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Thomomys monticola J. A. Allen, 1893 | |
The mountain pocket gopher (Thomomys monticola) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.
It is found in California and Nevada, and is endemic there, in the Western United States.[1] The Sierra Nevada are part of its range.
References
- 1 2 Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Hammerson, G.) (2008). Thomomys monticola. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 15 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of
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