| Smooth-toothed pocket gophers Temporal range: Early Pliocene - Recent
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| Thomomys bottae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Thomomys Wied-Neuwied, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Cricetus talpoides[1] | |
| Species | |
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12 recognized species, see article. | |
The smooth-toothed pocket gophers, genus Thomomys, are so called because they are among the only pocket gophers without grooves on their incisors.[2] They are also called the western pocket gophers because they are distributed in western North America. They are considered distinct enough from other pocket gophers to be recognized as a separate subfamily or tribe.[citation needed]
- ^ thomomys talpoides entry for the american society of mammologists
- ^ Kays, Roland W.; Wilson, Don E. (2002). Mammals of North America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0691070124.