Megascapheus baileyi
(C. H. Merriam, 1901)
Southwestern Texas 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
Merriam, C.H. 1901-07-19. Descriptions of twenty-three new pocket gophers of the genus Thomomys. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 14:107-117.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2338991Original name as described
Thomomys baileyi
Type material
USNM:MAMM:18256 (= USNM:MAMM:A25159)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/398ab07c9-36e3-4474-9210-a5a61b5903c5Type locality
"On plain east of Sierra Blanca, railway station at junction of Texas Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads, [Hudspeth County], Texas", USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States · Mexico
Subregion distribution
USA(NM,TX)
Taxonomy notes
split from M. bottae, although further research using more integrative taxonomic methods is needed to confirm this taxonomic arrangement
Taxonomy notes citation
Bradley, R. D., Pham, A. T., Rich, K. A., Roberts, E. K., Soniat, T. J., Poehlein, C. M., Mills, M. N., Ballard, M., Pitts, R. M., Lindsey, L. L., Halsey, M. K., Ray, D. A., Stevens, R. D., Schmidly, D. J., & Wright, E. A. (2023). Genetic identification of pocket gophers (genera Cratogeomys, Geomys, and Thomomys) in Texas and surrounding areas. Museum of Texas Tech University, Special Publications, 78, 1-120. · 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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