Remarks on Pocket Gophers, with Special Reference to Thomomys talpoides
Goldman EA. 1939. Remarks on Pocket Gophers, with Special Reference to Thomomys talpoides. Journal of Mammalogy. 20(2):238-239
The pocket gophers of the family Geomyidae form a compact, plastic group, embracing nine genera of highly specialized subterranean rodents. The group as a whole ranges from central Alberta and Saskatchewan south- ward, becoming transcontinental in distribution from the southern United States through Middle America to near the Colombian border. The family reaches its greatest development within a narrow belt extending from to sea across the southern end of the tableland of Mexico. In this region there occur widely diversified ecological conditions, from arid tropical lowlands and heavy rain forests up through oaks and conifers to timberline the highest mountains of the continent south of Alaska. In this extraordinarily varied setting representatives of the seven genera - Thomomys, Cratogeomys, Platygeomys, Heterogeomys, Orthogeomys, Zygogeomys, and Pappogeomys - find congenial habitats often in close proximity; but apparently with no intermingling.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Goldman, E
- Units
- YELL
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Mammals, Population, Range, Species Identification
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Mammals