Thomomys bottae - #254
Botta's Pocket Gopher
Close-up of female's head
Geographic 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)
Order/Family
Geomyidae
Genus
Thomomys
Specific Epithet
bottae
Image Location
Red Bluff, CA, USA
Image Date
1969
Photographer
R H Barrett