Thomomys Wied-Neuwied, 1839

James L. Patton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 469-476 : 473

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scientific name	Thomomys Wied-Neuwied, 1839
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Thomomys Wied-Neuwied, 1839 View in CoL . Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., 19(1):377.

TYPE SPECIES: Thomomys rufescens Wied-Neuwied, 1939 (= T. talpoides rufescens View in CoL ).

SYNONYMS: Megascapheus Elliot, 1903 .

COMMENTS: Recent species allocated to two subgenera ( Thaeler, 1980): Thomomys , which includes the species talpoides , clusius , idahoensis , mazama , and monticola ; and Megascapheus including bottae, bulbivorus, townsendii, and umbrinus. Phylogenetic relationships among members of the subgenus Megascapheus were presented by Patton and Smith (1981), based on molecular data. Specific boundaries for some forms are poorly defined, but Patton and Smith (1989) provided an operational definition that can be applied to all pocket gophers.

References

Patton, J. L., and M. F. Smith. 1981. Molecular evolution in Thomomys: Phyletic systematics, paraphyly, and rates of evolution. Journal of Mammalogy, 62: 493 - 500.

Patton, J. L., and M. F. Smith. 1989. Genetic structure and the genetic and morphologic divergence among pocket gopher species (genus Thomomys). Pp. 284 - 304, in Speciation and Its Consequences (D. Otte and J. A. Endler, eds.). Sinauer Associates Incorporated, Sunderland, MA, 679 pp.

Thaeler, C. S., Jr. 1980. Chromosome numbers and systematic relations in the genus Thomomys (Rodentia: Geomyidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 61: 414 - 422.