Thomomys (Megascapheus) bulbivorus (Richardson 1829)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 859-870 : 868

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11339648

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scientific name

Thomomys (Megascapheus) bulbivorus (Richardson 1829)
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[Diplostoma] bulbivorum Richardson 1829 , Quadrupeds, in: Fauna Boreali-Americana, Vol. 1: 206.

Type Locality: USA, banks of Columbia River (probably Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon; see Bailey, 1915).

Vernacular Names: Camas Pocket Gopher.

Distribution: Willamette Valley ( NW Oregon, USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Megascapheus . Revised by Bailey (1915). Reviewed by Verts and Carraway (1987 b, Mammalian Species No. 273). Genetic variation delineated by Carraway and Kennedy (1994).

Carraway, L. N., and P. K. Kennedy. 1994. Genetic variation in Thomomys bulbivorus, an endemic to the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Journal of Mammalogy, 74: 952 - 962.

Verts, B. J., and L. N. Carraway. 1987 b. Thomomys bulbivorus. Mammalian Species, 273: 1 - 4.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Geomyidae

Genus

Thomomys

SubGenus

Thomomys