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Megascapheus fulvus  (Woodhouse, 1852)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1280423

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Geomys fulvus Woodhouse, 1852
  
  Common Name(s): Fulvus Pocket Gopher [English]
  
    tuza del suroeste [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 fulvus (Woodhouse, 1852) – Fulvus Pocket Gopher, tuza del suroeste  
    Direct Children:  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus abstrusus (Hall and Davis, 1935)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus albicaudatus (Hall, 1930)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus alexandrae (Goldman, 1933)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus alpinus (Merriam, 1897)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus angustidens (Baker, 1953)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus apache (Bailey, 1910)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus aureiventris (Hall, 1930)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus aureus (J. A. Allen, 1893)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus basilicae (Benson and Tillotson, 1940)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus birdseyei (Goldman, 1937)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus bonnevillei (Durrant, 1946)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus brevidens (Hall, 1932)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus camoae (Burt, 1937)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus canus (Bailey, 1910)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus catalinae (Goldman, 1931)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus centralis (Hall, 1930)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus cervinus (J. A. Allen, 1895)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus chrysonotus (Grinnell, 1912)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus cinereus (Hall, 1932)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus collis (Hooper, 1940)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus concisor (Hall and Davis, 1935)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus contractus (Durrant, 1946)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus convergens (Nelson and Goldman, 1934)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus convexus (Durrant, 1939)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus curtatus (Hall, 1932)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus depressus (Hall, 1932)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus desertorum (Merriam, 1901)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus dissimilis (Goldman, 1931)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus divergens (Nelson and Goldman, 1934)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus estanciae (Benson and Tillotson, 1939)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus fulvus (Woodhouse, 1852)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus fumosus (Hall, 1932)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus howelli (Goldman, 1936)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus internatus (Goldman, 1936)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus lacrymalis (Hall, 1932)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus latus (Hall and Davis, 1935)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus lenis (Goldman, 1942)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus levidensis (Goldman, 1942)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus lucrificus (Hall and Durham, 1938)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus mearnsi (Bailey, 1914)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus minimus (Durrant, 1939)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus modicus (Goldman, 1931)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus morulus (Hooper, 1940)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus nanus (Hall, 1932)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus nesophilus (Durrant, 1936)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus operarius (Merriam, 1897)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus operosus (Hatfield, 1942)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus optabilis (Goldman, 1936)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus osgoodi (Goldman, 1931)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus paguatae (Hooper, 1940)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus peramplus (Goldman, 1931)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus perditus (Merriam, 1901)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus perpallidus (Merriam, 1886)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus phelleoecus (Burt, 1933)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus pinalensis (Goldman, 1938)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus planirostris (Burt, 1931)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus planorum (Hooper, 1940)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus powelli (Durrant, 1955)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus pusillus (Goldman, 1931)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus riparius (Grinnell and Hill, 1936)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus robustus (Durrant, 1946)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus rubidus (Youngman, 1958)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus rupestris (Chattin, 1941)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus sevieri (Durrant, 1946)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus solitarius (Grinnell, 1926)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus stansburyi (Durrant, 1946)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus subsimilis (Goldman, 1933)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus tivius (Durrant, 1937)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus toltecus (J. A. Allen, 1893)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus vanrossemi (Huey, 1934)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus vescus (Hall and Davis, 1935)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus wahwahensis (Durrant, 1937)  
                                                    Subspecies Megascapheus fulvus winthropi (Nelson and Goldman, 1934)  
       

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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 fulvus, Fulvus Pocket Gopher [English], tuza del suroeste [Spanish]   
       

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

 

    

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