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redwood or Douglas spruce predominates (Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., 

 vol. 40, No. 2, p. 135, Sept. 26, 1933). 



Superfamily GEOMYOIDEA 



Family Geomyidae (pocket gophers) 



Subfamily geomyinae 



Genus THOMOMYS M Wied-Neuwied 

 1839. Thomomys Wied-Neuwied, Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caesar. Leop.- 

 Carol., vol. 19, pt. 1. p. 377. (Type, Thomomys rufescens Wied-Neuwied.) 



Subgenus THOMOMYS Wied-Neuwied 



bottae — group ^ 

 Thomomys bottae bottae (Eydoux and Gervais) * 



1836. Oryctomys (Saccophorus) bottae Eydoux and Gervais, Mag. Zool., 



Paris, vol. 6, p. 23. 

 1855. Thomomys bottae Band, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 7 



(1854-1855), p. 335, April 1855. 

 1884. Thomomys talpoides bulbivorus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(App., Circ. 29) , p. 599, Nov. 29, 1884. (Part.) 

 1893. [Thomomys] bottae Miller, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, p. 57, 



Apr. 28, 1893. 

 Type Locality. — Coast of California. Name applied by Baird in 1855 to the 

 form occurring in the vicinity of Monterey, and reapplied to the same animal 

 by Miller in 1893. Range. — A relatively narrow strip along seacoast south from 

 San Francisco Bay region to range of sanctidiegi; recorded definitely north to 

 Freestone, southern Sonoma County, and east in San Francisco Bay region 

 through Contra Costa and Alameda Counties as far as Tracy, western San Joaquin 

 County; zonal range, chiefly Upper Sonoran, extending into Transition close to 

 seacoast in northern part of its range; vertical range, from near sea level up to 

 at least 3,000 feet (Chalk Peak, southern Monterey County) (Grinnell, Univ. 

 California Publ. Zool., vol. 40, No. 2, p. 137, Sept. 26, 1933) . 



Thomomys bottae minor V. Bailey f * 



1914. Thomomys bottae minor V. Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 27, p. 116, July 10, 1914. 



Type Locality. — Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, Calif. Range. — Narrow 

 northwest coastal strip south from vicinity of Cape Mendocino, Humboldt 

 County, to vicinity of Cazadero, Sonoma County; interiormost station, Guerne- 



81 Revised by V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 39, Nov. 15, 1915 ; species and subspecies 

 listed by Hooper, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 52, pp. 7-26, July 21, 1941. 



85 Comprises the bottae, perpallidus, and fulvus groups of V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna 

 No. 39, Nov. 15, 1915. Subspecies listed by Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 48, 

 pp. 153-157, Oct. 31, 1935. Arizona subspecies reviewed by Goldman, North Amer. Fauna 

 No. 59, pp. 7-32, June 12, 1947; Nevada subspecies, by Hall and Davis, Univ. California Publ. 

 Zool., vol. 40, No. 10, pp. 387-400, Mar. 13, 1935 ; Utah subspecies, by Durrant, Univ. Kansas 

 Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 28-79, Aug. 15, 1946; and Baja California subspecies, 

 by Huey, Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 10, No. 14, pp. 245-268, Aug. 31, 1945. 



