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

Living
Found in the wild

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.

Original name as described

Thomomys baileyi

Type material

USNM:MAMM:18256 (= USNM:MAMM:A25159)

Type kind

holotype

Type 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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