The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Vol. 1 No. 1 — John Shaqi
The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Vol. 1 No. 1Durrant, Stephen David
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The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Vol. 1 No. 1
Durrant, Stephen David
Pocket gophers -- Utah
_Thomomys fossor moorei_ Goldman, Journ. Washington Acad.
Sci., 28:335, July 15, 1938.
_Thomomys talpoides moorei_ Goldman, Journ. Mamm., 20:234,
May 14, 1939.
_Type._--Male, adult, skin and skull, No. 248222, U. S. National Museum
(Biological Surveys Collection); 1 mi. S Fairview, 6,000 ft., Sanpete
County, Utah; February 19, 1928; collected by A. W. Moore; X-catalogue
number 24799 (after Goldman, type not seen).
_Range._--Wasatch Plateau in Sanpete, Utah, Carbon and Emery counties,
and in Wasatch Mountains south of Spanish Fork Canyon.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium (see measurements). Color: Upper parts
between Cinnamon and Sayal Brown, with mixture of black hairs, grading
through Cinnamon on sides and flanks to Pale Pinkish Buff on
underparts, clearest on inguinal and pectoral regions; nose and cheeks
dusky; postauricular patches medium in size and black; ears black; chin
buffy white; front and hind feet white; tail mostly white with brownish
hairs on dorsal surface. Skull: Large, robust; nasals long and deeply
emarginate on posterior ends, and dilated distally; zygomatic arches
robust and widely spreading; zygomatic processes of maxillae heavy;
interparietal comparatively small, but always wider than long;
extension of premaxillae posterior to nasals short; tympanic bullae
moderate in size, but markedly inflated ventrally; pterygoid hamulae
long; interpterygoid space narrowly V-shaped; upper incisors long and
moderately recurved; molariform teeth light.
_Comparisons._--Topotypes of _moorei_ differ from topotypes and near
topotypes of _Thomomys talpoides uinta_ as follows: Size slightly
larger. Color: Upper parts and sides lighter; tail lighter;
postauricular patches larger and darker; ears more pointed, smaller and
darker. Skull: Larger, heavier and more massive; nasals longer, but
deeply emarginate posteriorly as in _uinta_; rostrum wider and longer;
zygomatic arches heavier and more angular; zygomatic processes of
maxillae heavier; interparietal generally smaller and shorter;
braincase wider; tympanic bullae more inflated ventrally;
interpterygoid space more narrowly V-shaped; upper incisors longer, but
not as procumbent; molariform teeth smaller.
Topotypes of _moorei_ can be distinguished from those of _Thomomys
talpoides oquirrhensis_ as follows: Size slightly larger; tail longer;
ears larger, less pointed. Color: Lighter throughout; postauricular
patches larger. Skull: More ridged and angular; nasals narrower
posteriorly, but more dilated distally; posterior ends of nasals more
deeply emarginate (while shallowly emarginate in _oquirrhensis_, they
tend to be somewhat rounded); rostrum narrower; extension of
premaxillae posterior to nasals greater; least interorbital breadth
less; zygomatic arches more angular and widely spreading; zygomatic
processes of maxillae heavier; interparietal smaller; tympanic bullae
larger and more inflated ventrally; upper incisors generally longer.
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