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Megascapheus  Elliot, 1903
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1280358

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Thomomys (Megascapheus) Elliot, 1903
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderCastorimorpha A. E. Wood, 1955  
                                     FamilyGeomyidae Bonaparte, 1845 – Pocket Gophers  
                                        SubfamilyGeomyinae Bonaparte, 1845  
                                           TribeThomomyini  – smooth-toothed pocket gophers  
                                              GenusMegascapheus Elliot, 1903  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Megascapheus atrovarius (J. A. Allen, 1898) – tuza de Sinaloa, Southern Pocket Gopher 
                                                 Species Megascapheus baileyi (Merriam, 1901) – Southwestern Texas Pocket Gopher, tuza del suroeste de Texas 
                                                 Species Megascapheus bottae (Eydoux and Gervais, 1836) – tuza del norte, Botta's Pocket Gopher 
                                                 Species Megascapheus bulbivorus (Richardson, 1829) – Camas pocket gopher, tuza del Valle de Camas 
                                                 Species Megascapheus connectens (Hall, 1936) – New Mexico pocket gopher, tuza de Nuevo Mexico 
                                                 Species Megascapheus fulvus (Woodhouse, 1852) – Fulvus Pocket Gopher, tuza del suroeste 
                                                 Species Megascapheus laticeps (Baird, 1855) – tuza del norte de California, Northern California Pocket Gopher 
                                                 Species Megascapheus nayarensis (Mathis, M. S. Hafner, D. J. Hafner and Demastes, 2013) – Nayarit Pocket Gopher, tuza del Nayar 
                                                 Species Megascapheus nigricans (Rhoads, 1895) – California Pocket Gopher, tuza de Baja California 
                                                 Species Megascapheus ruidosae (Hall, 1932)  
                                                 Species Megascapheus sheldoni (Bailey, 1915) – Sheldon's Pocket Gopher, tuza de la Sierra Madre 
                                                 Species Megascapheus townsendii (Bachman, 1839) – Townsend's Pocket Gopher, tuza de las montañas del oeste 
                                                 Species Megascapheus umbrinus (Richardson, 1829) – Southern Pocket Gopher, tuza mexicana 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Álvarez-Castañeda, Sergio Ticul, and Cintya A. Segura-Trujillo  
  Publication Date: 2025   
  Article/Chapter Title: Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Therya, vol. 16, no. 1   
  Page(s): 41-75   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2007-3364   
  Notes: doi: 10.12933/therya-25-6153   
  Reference for: Megascapheus   
       

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