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talpoides — group 87 

 Thomomys talpoides talpoides (Richardson) * 



1828. Cricetus talpoides Richardson, Zool. Journ., vol. 3, p. 518. 



1858. Thomomys talpoides Baird, Mammals, in Rep. Expl. Surv. Railr. to 

 Pacific, vol. 8, pt. 1 (Washington, 1857) , p. 403, July 14, 1858. 



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

 Circ. 29) , p. 598, Nov. 29, 1884. (Part.) 



Type Locality. — Carlton House, near Fort Carlton, North Saskatchewan River, 

 Saskatchewan, Canada. (See J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, p. 

 55, Apr. 28, 1893, and V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 39, p. 97, Nov. 15, 

 1915.) Range. — Northern Great Plains region from western edge of central 

 Manitoba (Riding Mountain and Swan River), through central Saskatchewan 

 north to Prince Albert National Park, ar.d central Alberta (Edmonton, Elk Island 

 National Park, Camrose) north to divide between North Saskatchewan and 

 Athabaska Rivers drainage systems; in Saskatchewan (Indian Head, Moose Jaw, 

 Yorkton) nearly to southern border (Anderson, Nat. Mus. Canada Bull. 102 

 (1946), p. 127, Jan. 24, 1947) ; south in Montana to Great Falls, Cascade County, 

 and Big Snowy Mountains, Fergus County (V. Bailey, op. cit., p. 96). 



Thomomys talpoides andersoni Goldmanf * 



1939. Thomomys talpoides andersoni Goldman, Journ. Mamm., vol. 20, No. 2, 

 p. 235, May 15, 1939. 



Type Locality. — Medicine Hat, on South Saskatchewan River, Alberta, Canada. 

 Range. — Valleys of South Saskatchewan River and Milk River in southern Al- 

 berta; probably also in extreme northern Montana south of Milk River (Ander- 

 son, Nat. Mus. Canada Bull. 102 (1946), p. 128, Jan. 24, 1947). 



Thomoinys talpoides loringi V. Baileyf* 



1914. Thomomys fuscus loringi V. Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 

 27, p. 118, July 10, 1914. 



1939. Thomomys talpoides loringi Goldman, Journ. Mamm., vol. 20, No. 2, 



p. 234, May 15, 1939. 

 Type Locality. — South Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Range. — Known only 

 from Edmonton and Moose Mountain, Alberta. 



Thomomys talpoides rufescens Wied-Neuwied* 



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

 Caesar. Leop.-Carol., vol. 19, pt. 1, p. 378. 



1915. Thomomys talpoides rufescens V. Bailey, North Amer. Fauna No. 39, 

 p. 98, Nov. 15, 1915. 



Type Locality. — The Minnetaree Village, now Old Fort Clark, about 6 miles 

 south of Stanton, Oliver County, N. Dak. Range. — Greater part of North Da- 

 kota and eastern South Dakota; in Canada east to east side of Red River Valley 



87 Comprises the talpoides, fossor, quadratus, and douglasii groups of V. Bailey, North Amer. 

 Fauna No. 39, Nov. 15, 1915. Subspecies listed by Goldman, Journ. Mamm., vol. 20, No. 2, 

 pp. 234-235, May 15, 1939. Arizona subspecies reviewed by Goldman, North Amer. Fauna 

 No. 59, pp. 32-33, June 12, 1947; Nevada subspecies by Hall, Mammals of Nevada, pp. 

 445-450, July 1, 1946 ; Utah subspecies by Durrant, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, 

 No. 1, pp. 6-27, Aug. 15, 1946; and Washington subspecies by Dalquest and Scheffer, Amer. 

 Nat., vol 78, No. 778, pp. 423^50, September 1944. 



