Thomomys mazama Merriam, 1897

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 : 474-475

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scientific name	Thomomys mazama Merriam, 1897
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Thomomys mazama Merriam, 1897 View in CoL . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 11:214.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Oregon, Klamath Co., Anna Creek near Crater Lake, Mt. Mazama, 6,000 ft. (1,829 m) .

DISTRIBUTION: NW Washington through C Oregon to N California ( USA).

SYNONYMS: couchi Goldman, glacialis Dalquest and Scheffer, helleri Elliot, hesperus Merriam, louiei Gardner, melanops Merriam, nasicus Merriam, niger Merriam, oregonus Merriam, premaxillaris Grinnell, pugetensis Dalquest and Scheffer, tacomensis Taylor, tumuli Dalquest and Scheffer, yelmensis Merriam.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Thomomys . Revised by Johnson and Benson (1960); considered a subspecies of monticola by Bailey (1915) and Hall and Kelson (1959) but geographic sympatry with monticola in N California documented by Thaeler (1968a). Subspecies listed in Hall (1981:465-467).

References

Hall, E. R., and K. R. Kelson. 1959. The mammals of North America. Ronald Press Co., New York, 1: 1 - 546; 2: 547 - 1083 + 79.

Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.

Johnson, M. L., and S. B. Benson. 1960. Relationships of the pocket gophers of the Thomomys mazama-talpoides complex in the Pacific Northwest. Murrelet, 41: 17 - 22.

Thaeler, C. S., Jr. 1968 a. An analysis of the distribution of pocket gopher species in northeastern California (genus Thomomys). University of California Publications in Zoology, 86: 1 - 46.