Megascapheus atrovarius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geomyoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Castorimorphi Superfamilia: Geomyoidea

Familia: Geomyidae
Subfamilia: Geomyinae
Tribus: Thomomyini
Genus: Megascapheus
Species: Megascapheus atrovarius
Subspecies (4): M. a. atrovarius – M. a. parviceps – M. a. simulus – M. a. sinaloae

Megascapheus atrovarius (Allen, 1898)

Holotype: BMNH 1898.3.2.102, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Perry Oveitt Simons on 15 May 1897.
Type locality: “Tatemales”.

Thomomys atrovarius Allen, 1898: 148 [original combination]
Megascapheus atrovarius: Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo, 2025: 59 [subsequent combination]

Allen, J.A. 1898. Descriptions of new mammals from western Mexico and Lower California. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 10(8): 143–158. BHL
Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. & Segura-Trujillo, C.A. 2025. Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya 16(1): 41–75. DOI: 10.12933/therya-25-6153 Reference page.

English: Black-and-brown Gopher

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