Thomomys clusius

Coues, 1875

Wyoming Pocket Gopher

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Castorimorphi
Family : Geomyidae
Subfamily : Geomyinae
Tribe : Thomomyini
Genus : Thomomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Coues, E. 1875-06-15. Synopsis of the Geomyidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 27(1):130-138.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1677029

Original name as described

Thomomys clusius

Type material

USNM:MAMM:3051 (= USNM:MAMM:A36805)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/331d71a48-1345-41ea-9699-ff266009ddf0

Type locality

"Bridger's Pass, Rocky Mountains." Restricted by C. S. Thaeler and L. L. Hinesley in 1979 to "Bridger Pass (located about 18 mi SW Rawlins," (Carbon County, Wyoming, USA).

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WY)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001880

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Thomomys clusius

Coues, 1875

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

clusius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:3051 (= USNM:MAMM:A36805)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/331d71a48-1345-41ea-9699-ff266009ddf0

Authority page

138

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1677029

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. True (1885:598, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Allen (1896:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15952)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Patton (1993:474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69021)
  7. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  8. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  9. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42595/22216284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  14. Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

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