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
Among named races of _T. bottae_, _birdseyei_ most closely resembles
_trumbullensis_ in size, but differs as follows: Hind foot and tail
longer. Color: Lighter throughout; postauricular patches smaller and
lighter. Skull: Larger; mastoid breadth less; zygomatic arches wider
and more widely spreading posteriorly; median frontal depression more
marked; extension of premaxillae posterior to nasals greater; tympanic
bullae less inflated ventrally; molariform teeth larger.
For comparisons with _Thomomys bottae planirostris_ see account of that
form.
_Remarks._--_T. b. birdseyei_ is apparently endemic to the mountainous
area of southwestern Utah in Washington and Iron counties. It
intergrades with _virgineus_ and with _planirostris_ as described in
the account of the latter.
_Specimens examined._--Total, 8, distributed as follows:
_Washington County_: Pine Valley, 1 (U. S. N. M.); Pine
Valley Mountains, 5 mi. E Pine Valley, 8,300 ft., 3 (U. S.
N. M.); Pine Valley campground, 6,800 ft., 1 (R. H.); 3/4
mi. E town of Pine Valley, 6,500 ft., 3 (R. H.).
_Additional records._--_Washington County_: Hebron, 1;
Mountain Meadows, 2 (Bailey 1915:75).
=Thomomys bottae virgineus= Goldman
_Thomomys bottae virgineus_ Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 50:133, September 10, 1937.
_Type._--Male, adult, skin and skull, No. 262016, U. S. National Museum
(Biological Surveys Collection); Beaverdam Creek, near confluence with
Virgin River, Littlefield, 1,500 ft., Mohave County, Arizona; October
16, 1936; collected by Luther C. Goldman; original number 67 (after
Goldman, type not seen).
_Range._--Extreme southwestern Utah, in Beaverdam Wash, Washington
County, Utah.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium (see measurements). Color: Upper parts
Cinnamon Buff, finely mixed with black; sides and flanks Pinkish Buff;
underparts Pale Pinkish Buff; front feet, hind feet, and distal part of
tail white; nose, cheeks, chin and top of head grayish black. Skull:
Robust, with moderately wide zygomatic arches; zygomatic processes of
maxillae wide; zygomatic processes of squamosals long; jugals concave
laterally, giving the zygomatic arches the appearance of double bowing;
nasals long; extension of premaxillae posterior to nasals long;
tympanic bullae well inflated ventrally; pterygoid hamulae heavy;
interpterygoid space widely V-shaped; molariform teeth large.
_Comparisons._--For comparisons of _virgineus_ with _Thomomys bottae
planirostris_ and _T. b. birdseyei_ see accounts under those forms.
Topotypical specimens of _virgineus_ can be distinguished from those of
_Thomomys bottae trumbullensis_ as follows: Size smaller. Color:
Lighter throughout. Skull: Zygomatic arches less widely spreading;
jugals more bowed medially; zygomatic processes of squamosals longer;
extension of premaxillae posterior to nasals greater; tympanic bullae
larger and more inflated ventrally; molariform teeth larger.
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