Megascapheus nayarensis
(Mathis, M. S. Hafner, D. J. Hafner, & Demastes, 2013)
Nayar Pocket Gopher
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Castorimorphi |
| Family | : Geomyidae |
| Subfamily | : Geomyinae |
| Tribe | : Thomomyini |
| Genus | : Megascapheus |
Species status
Authority citation
Mathis, V.L., Hafner, M.S., Hafner, D.J. and Demastes, J.W. 2013-10-15. _Thomomys nayarensis_, a new species of pocket gopher from the Sierra del Nayar, Nayarit, Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 94(5):983-994.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-013.1Original name as described
Thomomys nayarensis
Type material
LSUMZ:Mamm:36794
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Mexico: Nayarit; 8.5 km N, 7 km W Mesa del Nayar, 2,200 m."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
Taxonomy notes
recently described; moved from Thomomys to Megascapheus
Taxonomy notes citation
Mathis, V. L., Hafner, M. S., Hafner, D. J., & Demastes, J. W. (2013). Thomomys nayarensis, a new species of pocket gopher from the Sierra del Nayar, Nayarit, Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy, 94(5), 983-994. · Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., & Segura-Trujillo, C. A. (2025). Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya, 16(1), 41-75.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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