Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides (Richardson 1828)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 859-870 : 869

Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides (Richardson 1828)

[Cricetus] talpoides Richardson 1828 , Zool. J., 3: 518.

Type Locality: Restricted to Canada, Saskatchewan, North Saskatchewan River, Carlton House near Fort Carlton by Bailey (1915:97).

Vernacular Names: Northern Pocket Gopher.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. talpoides (Richardson 1828)

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. aequalidens Dalquest 1942

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. agrestis Merriam 1908

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. andersoni Goldman 1939

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. attenuatus Hall and Montague 1951

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. bridgeri (Merriam 1901)

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. bullatus Bailey 1914

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. caryi Bailey 1914

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. cheyennensis Swenk 1941

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. cognatus Johnstone 1955

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. columbianus Bailey 1914

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. devexus Hall and Dalquest 1939

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. douglasii (Richardson 1829)

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. duranti Kelson 1949

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. falcifer (Grinnell 1926)

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. fisheri Merriam 1901

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. fossor (J. A. Allen 1893)

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. fuscus Merriam 1891

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. gracilis Durrant 1939

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. immunis Hall and Dalquest 1939

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. incensus Goldman 1939

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. kaibabensis Goldman 1938

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. kelloggi Goldman 1939

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. levis Goldman 1938

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. limosus (Merriam 1901)

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. loringi Bailey 1914

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. macrotis Miller 1930

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. medius Goldman 1939

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. meritus Hall 1951

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. monoensis Huey 1934

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. moorei Goldman 1938

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. nebulosus Bailey 1914

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. ocius Merriam 1901

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. oquirrhensis Durrant 1939

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. parowanensis Goldman 1938

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. pierreicolus Swenk 1941

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. pryori ( Bailey 1914)

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. quadratus ( Merriam 1897)

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. ravus Durrant 1946

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. relicinus Goldman 1939

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. retrorsus Hall 1951

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. rostralis Hall and Montague 1951

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. rufescens (Wied-Neuwied 1839)

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. saturatus Bailey 1914

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. segregatus Johnstone 1955

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. shawi Taylor 1921

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. taylori Hooper 1940

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. tenellus Goldman 1939

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. trivialis Goldman 1939

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. uinta (Merriam 1901)

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. wallowa Hall and Orr 1933

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. wasatchensis Durrant 1946

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. whitmani Drake and Booth 1952

Subspecies Thomomys (Thomomys) talpoides subsp. yakimensis Hall and Dalquest 1939

Distribution: S British Columbia to C Alberta and SW Manitoba ( Canada), south to C South Dakota and N New Mexico, N Arizona, N Nevada, and NE California ( USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as T. t. douglasii, Lower Risk (nt) as T. t. limosus and T. t. segregatus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Thomomys . Formerly included idahoensis and clusius ; see Thaeler (1972) and Thaeler and Hinesley (1979). Partial revision by Bailey (1915) and Thaeler (1985). The considerable degree of chromosomal differentiation among geographic representatives of this form ( Thaeler, 1985) suggests that more than one biological species is currently included under the name talpoides . Reviewed by Verts and Carraway (1999, Mammalian Species No. 618) who included pygmaeus , here considered a subspecies of idahoensis (following Thaeler, 1972).