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Tacoma pocket gopher

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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

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

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