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--> GENUS Thomomys
--> SUBGENUS Thomomys
SPECIES Thomomys (Thomomys) mazama
| Author: | Merriam, 1897. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 214. | | Common Name: | Western Pocket Gopher. | | 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). | | Status: | U.S. ESA and Washington Department of Fish and Game – Candidate; IUCN – Extinct as T. m. tacomensis; Critically Endangered as T. m. louiei; Vulnerable as T. m. couchi, T. m. glacialis, T. m. pugetensis, T. m. tumuli, and T. m. yelmensis; Lower Risk (nt) as T. mazama and as T. m. helleri and T. m. melanops. | | 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). Reviewed by Verts and Carraway (2000, Mammalian Species No. 641). |
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