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Botta's Pocket Golpher (Thomomys bottae)

Botta's Pocket Golpher (Thomomys bottae)
Botta's Pocket Golpher (Thomomys bottae)

About Botta's Pocket Golpher (Thomomys bottae)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Mammals
  • Order: Rodents
  • Family: Pocket Gophers

Botta's pocket gopher is a pocket gopher native to western North America. It is also known in some areas as valley pocket gopher, particularly in California. Both the specific and common names of this species honor Paul-Émile Botta, a naturalist and archaeologist who collected mammals in California in 1827 and 1828.

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 2007-12-19

    Downtown, United States of America
    On 2800 block of Alemany

  • 2009-05-25

    Edgewood Preserve, United States of America
    Image from 2009-05-25

  • 2010-04-18

    Point Reyes National Seashore, United States of America

  • 2010-05-08

    San Pedro Valley County Park, United States of America

  • 2015-01-14

    Bernal Hill, United States of America
    Image from 2015-01-14

  • 2019-03-02

    Patagonia, United States of America

  • 2020-04-08

    Bernal Hill, United States of America