Tacoma pocket gopher
| Tacoma pocket gopher | |
|---|---|
| Extinct (1970) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Thomomys |
| Species: | T. mazama |
| Subspecies: | T. m. tacomensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Thomomys mazama tacomensis Taylor, 1919 | |
The Tacoma pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama tacomensis), was a subspecies of the Mazama pocket gopher that was restricted to a few isolated populations in the southern Puget Sound area and on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. The animal became extinct in 1970.
References
Yensen (2000). Thomomys mazama ssp. tacomensis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006.
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