mammals

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

No iNaturalist observations recorded for this species at IMRS yet.