Tacoma pocket gopher

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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.

Tacoma pocket gopher
Extinct (1970)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Thomomys
Species:
Subspecies:
T. m. tacomensis
Trinomial name
Thomomys mazama tacomensis
Taylor, 1919

References

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Yensen (2000). "Thomomys mazama ssp. tacomensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000. Retrieved 11 May 2006.