Common Name
Northern Pocket Gopher
Order
Rodentia
Family
Geomyidae
Species Name
Thomomys talpoides
Status
Vulnerable as T. t. douglasii, Lower Risk as T. t. limosus and T. t. segregatus, otherwise Lower Risk.
States
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Mexico
Nevada
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Distribution
Southern British Columbia to central Alberta and southwestern Manitoba, Canada, south to central South Dakota and northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, northern Nevada, and northeastern California.
Notes
highly fossorial; upper incisors are smooth