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Megascapheus baileyi  (Merriam, 1901)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1280419

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Thomomys baileyi Merriam, 1901
  
  Common Name(s): Southwestern Texas Pocket Gopher [English]
  
    tuza del suroeste de Texas [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                                                 SpeciesMegascapheus baileyi (Merriam, 1901) – Southwestern Texas Pocket Gopher, tuza del suroeste de Texas  
    Direct Children:  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi actuosus (Kelson, 1951)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi analogus (Goldman, 1938)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi baileyi (Merriam, 1901)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi confinalis (Goldman, 1936)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi cultellus (Kelson, 1951)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi guadalupensis (Goldman, 1936)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi humilis (Baker, 1953)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi lachuguilla (Bailey, 1902)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi limitaris (Goldman, 1936)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi limpiae (Blair, 1939)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi opulentus (Goldman, 1935)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi pectoralis (Goldman, 1936)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi pervagus (Merriam, 1901)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi retractus (Baker, 1953)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi robertbakeri (Beauchamp-Martin, Stangl, Schmidly, Stevens and Bradley, 2019)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi scotophilus (Davis, 1940)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi spatiosus (Goldman, 1938)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi sturgisi (Goldman, 1938)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi texensis (Bailey, 1902)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi tularosae (Hall, 1932)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus baileyi villai (Baker, 1953)  
       

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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 baileyi, Southwestern Texas Pocket Gopher [English], tuza del suroeste de Texas [Spanish]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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