Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Geomyidae
Thomomys
Thomomys bottae

description: Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae (Eydoux and Gervais 1836)
[Oryctomys] bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836, Mag. Zool. Paris, 6: 23.
Type Locality: USA, coast of California (restricted to vicinity of Monterey, Monterey Co., by Baird, 1857).
Vernacular Names: Botta's Pocket Gopher.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. bottae (Eydoux and Gervais 1836)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. abbotti Huey 1928
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. abstrusus Hall and Davis 1935
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. actuosus Kelson 1951
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. albatus (Grinnell 1912)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. albicaudatus Hall 1930
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. alexandrae (Goldman 1933)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. alpinus (Merriam 1897)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. alticolus J. A. Allen 1899
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. analogus Goldman 1938
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. angustidens Baker 1953
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. anitae J. A. Allen 1898
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. aphrastus (Elliot 1903)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. aureiventris Hall 1930
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. aureus (J. A. Allen 1893)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. awahnee Merriam 1908
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. baileyi (Merriam 1901)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. basilicae Benson and Tillotson 1940
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. birdseyei Goldman 1937
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. bonnevillei Durant 1946
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. borjasensis Huey 1945
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. brazierhowelli Huey 1960
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. brevidens Hall 1932
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. cactophilus Huey 1929
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. camoae Burt 1937
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. canus (Bailey 1910)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. catalinae Goldman 1931
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. catavinensis Huey 1931
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. centralis Hall 1930
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. cervinus (J. A. Allen 1895)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. chrysonotus (Grinnell 1912)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. cinereus Hall 1932
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. collis Hooper 1940
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. concisor Hall and Davis 1935
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. confinalis Goldman 1936
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. connectens Hall 1936
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. contractus Durrant 1946
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. convergens Nelson and Goldman 1934
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. convexus Durrant 1939
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. cultellus Kelson 1951
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. cunicularius Huey 1945
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. curtatus Hall 1932
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. depressus Hall 1932
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. desertorum (Merriam 1901)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. detumidus Grinnell 1935
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. dissimilis Goldman 1931
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. divergens Nelson and Goldman 1934
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. estanciae Benson and Tillotson 1939
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. fulvus (Woodhouse 1852)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. fumosus Hall 1932
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. guadalupensis Goldman 1936
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. homorus Huey 1949
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. howelli Goldman 1936
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. humilis Baker 1953
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. imitabilis Goldman 1939
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. incomptus Goldman 1939
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. internatus Goldman 1936
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. jojobae Huey 1945
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. juarezensis Huey 1945
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. lachuguilla Bailey 1902
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. lacrymalis Hall 1932
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. laticeps (Baird 1855)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. latus Hall and Davis 1935
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. lenis Goldman 1942
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. leucodon (Merriam 1897)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. levidensis Goldman 1942
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. limitaris Goldman 1936
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. limpiae Blair 1939
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. litoris Burt 1940
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. lucidus Hall 1932
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. lucrificus Hall and Durham 1938
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. magdalenae (Nelson and Goldman 1909)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. martirensis J. A. Allen 1898
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. mearnsi (Bailey 1914)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. mewa (Merriam 1908)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. minimus Durrant 1939
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. modicus Goldman 1931
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. morulus Hooper 1940
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. nanus Hall 1932
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. navus Merriam 1901
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. neglectus (Bailey 1914)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. nesophilus Durrant 1936
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. nigricans Rhoads 1895
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. operarius (Merriam 1897)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. optabilis Goldman 1936
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. opulentus Goldman 1935
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. osgoodi Goldman 1931
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. paguatae Hooper 1940
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. pascalis Merriam 1901
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. pectoralis (Goldman 1936)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. peramplus Goldman 1931
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. perditus Merriam 1901
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. perpallidus Merriam 1886
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. pervagus Merriam 1901
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. pervarius Goldman 1938
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. phelleoecus (Burt 1933)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. pinalensis Goldman 1938
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. planirostris Burt 1931
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. planorum Hooper 1940
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. powelli Durrant 1955
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. proximarinus Huey 1945
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. pusillus Goldman 1931
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. retractus Baker 1953
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. rhizophagus Huey 1949
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. riparius Grinnell and Hill 1936
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. robustus Durrant 1946
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. rubidus Youngman 1958
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. ruidosae Hall 1932
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. rupestris Chattin 1941
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. ruricola Huey 1949
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. russeolus Nelson and Goldman 1909
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. saxatilis Grinnell 1934
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. scotophilus Davis 1940
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. sevieri Durrant 1946
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. siccovallis Huey 1945
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. simulus (Nelson and Goldman 1934)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. sinaloae (Merriam 1901)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. solitarius (Grinnell 1926)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. spatiosus Goldman 1938
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. stansburyi Durrant 1946
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. sturgisi (Goldman 1938)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. subsimilis Goldman 1933
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. texensis Bailey 1902
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. tivius Durrant 1937
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. toltecus (J. A. Allen 1893)
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. tularosae Hall 1932
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. vanrosseni Huey 1934
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. varus Hall and Long 1960
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. vescus Hall and Davis 1935
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. villai Baker 1953
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. wahwahensis Durrant 1937
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. winthropi Nelson and Goldman 1934
Subspecies Thomomys (Megascapheus) bottae subsp. xerophilus Huey 1945
Distribution: SW and W USA, north to Oregon, east to Colorado, and south to the Cape region of Baja California, Sinaloa and Nuevo Leon (Mexico).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Subgenus Megascapheus. The taxonomic history of this, and related species has been contentious. Hall and Kelson (1959) included bottae within umbrinus but considered baileyi and townsendii as separate species, but Hall (1981) included all four of these taxa within his concept of umbrinus. Anderson (1966, 1972), Hoffmeister (1969, 1986), and Patton and co-workers (Patton, 1973; Patton and Dingman, 1968; Patton and Smith, 1981) considered bottae (including baileyi) separate from umbrinus. Thaeler (1968 b), Patton et al. (1984), Patton and Smith (1989, 1994), and Rogers (1991 a, b) supported the specific separation of townsendii from Hall's (1981) umbrinus. As envisioned here, bottae includes a number of taxa considered by earlier workers to be full species but each of which are now relegated to subspecific status or are recognized as synonyms of other subspecies (taxa marked by asterisks in the list of synonyms, above). Hoffmeister (1969), Patton and Dingman (1968), and Patton (1973) reported on hybridization between bottae and umbrinus in S Arizona; Thaeler (1968 b), Patton et al. (1984), and Patton and Smith (1993) examined hybridization between bottae and townsendii in NE California. For subspecies, see Hall (1981), exclusive of those herein allocated to townsendii and umbrinus, and as modified for Arizona by Hoffmeister (1986) and for California by Patton and Smith (1990).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, pp. 859-870 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 866, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535