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SPECIES Thomomys (Megascapheus) townsendii

Author:Bachman, 1839.
Citation:J. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 8: 105.
Common Name:Townsend’s Pocket Gopher.
Type Locality:USA, erroneously given as "Columbia River", but restricted to Idaho, Canyon Co., near Nampa, by Bailey (1915).
Distribution:Snake River Valley of Idaho south and west to SE Oregon, NE California, and N Nevada (USA).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subgenus Megascapheus. Revised by Davis (1937) and Rogers (1991a, b), who recognized only two valid subspecies (townsendii and nevadensis). Considered a distinct species by Thaeler (1968b), Patton et al. (1984), Patton and Smith (1989, 1994), and Rogers (1991a, b), despite limited hybridization with bottae in NE California. Hall (1981:469, 495) reviewed Thaeler's evidence and included townsendii in umbrinus (sensu Hall).
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SUBSPECIES townsendii

SUBSPECIES nevadensis

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