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 --> GENUS Thomomys
 --> SUBGENUS Thomomys
				
  SPECIES Thomomys (Thomomys) monticola 
				
| Author: | J. A. Allen, 1893. |  | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 5: 48. |  | Common Name: | Mountain Pocket Gopher. |  | Type Locality: | USA, California, El Dorado Co., Mt. Tallac, 7,500 ft. (2,286 m). |  | Distribution: | Sierra Nevada Mtns of C and N California and extreme WC Nevada (USA). |  | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). |  | Comments: | Subgenus Thomomys. Revised by Johnson and Benson (1960); Thaeler (1968a) provided details of distribution in N California. |  
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