Mountain pocket gopher

Mountain pocket gopher
Thomomys monticola
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. 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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