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Thomomys monticola

Mountain pocket gopher
Pocket-mountain-gopher.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Thomomys
Species: T. monticola
Binomial name
Thomomys monticola
J. A. Allen, 1893

The mountain pocket gopher (Thomomys monticola) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.

It is found in California and Nevada, and is endemic there, in the Western United States. The Sierra Nevada are part of its range.



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