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
_Comparisons._--From topotypes of _Thomomys bottae aureiventris_,
_bonnevillei_ differs as follows: Size smaller, hind foot shorter.
Color: Upper parts and sides lighter; underparts pale buff rather than
"gold." Skull: Shorter and relatively wider; rostrum wider and heavier;
zygomatic arches relatively wider and more massive, with greatest width
posteriorly instead of anteriorly; interpterygoid space widely V-shaped
rather than lyre-shaped; thickening at union of jugal and zygomatic
process of maxilla less developed; anterior palatine foramina larger;
nasals shorter and more markedly flared distally; zygomatic breadth
relatively, and mastoidal breadth actually, wider; extension of
premaxillae posterior to nasals greater; tympanic bullae more inflated
ventrally; upper incisors wider.
From near topotypes of _Thomomys bottae centralis_, from 1 mile east of
Garrison, Millard County, Utah, _bonnevillei_ differs as follows: Size
smaller; hind foot and tail shorter. Color: Generally darker above and
lighter below; top of head darker; postauricular patches smaller and
lighter. Skull: Shorter and wider (zygomatic breadth expressed in
percent of basilar length being, in males, 74.5 in _bonnevillei_ and
71.5 in _centralis_); interpterygoid space more widely V-shaped;
interparietal smaller, and more triangular; nasals shorter and much
more dilated distally, as well as more constricted proximally; lacrimal
processes smaller and less globuse at tips; temporal fossae larger;
braincase and entire dorsal surface of skull more nearly flat;
lambdoidal suture convex posteriorly as opposed to nearly straight;
tympanic bullae more inflated ventrally.
Comparisons of _bonnevillei_ with the type and type series of _Thomomys
bottae wahwahensis_ show them to be of approximately the same size, but
to differ as follows: Color: Slightly darker above and lighter below;
postauricular patches smaller and lighter. Skull: Larger in every
measurement taken, except breadth of rostrum which is smaller; skull
not as flat; tympanic bullae more inflated ventrally; nasals and
rostrum longer; extension of premaxillae posterior to nasals greater;
interparietal smaller and more triangular; zygomatic arches more bowed
out laterally; jugals heavier; interpterygoid space more widely
V-shaped; upper incisors less massive.
The characters that distinguish _bonnevillei_ from _Thomomys bottae
albicaudatus_ are: Size smaller. Color: Markedly lighter throughout.
Skull: Shorter and wider; mastoid and zygomatic breadths greater;
rostrum narrower but shorter; angle between rostrum and zygomatic
processes of maxillae less; interparietal smaller and more triangular;
extension of premaxillae posterior to nasals greater; upper incisors
shorter, narrower and more recurved.
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