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Thomomys bottae
Botta’s Pocket Gopher
Authorship: (Eydoux and Gervais)
Description & Notes
Pocket Gopher mounds, presumably of this species, are observed throughout IMRS.
Collection Information
Field Number
[Brewer, 2004, 2007]
Records
May 2005 in HQ pitfall trap by V. Mata-Silva (photos); observed at Red Tank by Brewer (UTEP), and on 8 May 2010, 7 April 2011, and 14 April 2012 at IMRS HQ (J.D. Johnson, UTEP); 19 September 2020 in HQ pitfall trap by V. Mata-Silva (Photos).
Recent Observations
Sourced from iNaturalist
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