Mazama pocket gopher: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Mazama pocket gopher lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Thomomys mazama
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Geomyidae

Where does the Mazama pocket gopher live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Mazama pocket gopher in 1 country or territory across North America. Wikidata lists it as endemic to United States.

United States

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Mazama pocket gopher endangered?

The Mazama pocket gopher’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Mazama pocket gopher?

The Mazama pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Geomyidae, genus Thomomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Mazama pocket gopher

The Mazama pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama) is a smooth-toothed pocket gopher restricted to the Pacific Northwest. The herbivorous species ranges from coastal Washington, through Oregon, and into north-central California. Four subspecies of the Mazama Pocket Gopher are classified as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, including T. m. pugetensis (Olympia pocket gopher), T. m. tumuli (Tenino pocket gopher), T. m. glacialis (Roy Prairie pocket gopher), and T. m. yelmensis (Yelm pocket gopher). The Mazama Pocket Gopher is one of the smallest of 35 species in the pocket gopher family.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mazama pocket gopher (revision 1368343855), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q45586 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).