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Thomomys idahoensis (Idaho pocket gopher)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Idaho pocket gopher (Thomomys idahoensis) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to the Northwestern United States; found in Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, dry savanna, and temperate grassland.
View Wikipedia Record: Thomomys idahoensis

Infraspecies

Thomomys idahoensis confinus
Thomomys idahoensis idahoensis
Thomomys idahoensis pygmaeus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 14.87
EDGE Score: 2.76
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  55 grams
Birth Weight [2]  3 grams
Diet [3]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [3]  100 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  9 months 24 days
Gestation [2]  23 days
Litter Size [2]  5
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  6 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  9 inches (23 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands Canada, United States Nearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Snake-Columbia shrub steppe United States Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
South Central Rockies forests United States Nearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness Area   Idaho, United States      

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Intermountain Basins Big Sagebrush Desert Shrubland United States (Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado, California, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah); Canada
Intermountain Basins Big Sagebrush Steppe Canada (British Columbia); United States (Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Colorado)
Intermountain Low & Black Sagebrush Steppe & Shrubland United States (Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Nevada)
Intermountain Montane Sagebrush Steppe Canada; United States (Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Montana, Nevada, California, Oregon, Wyoming)

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1SPECIES ASSESSMENT FOR IDAHO POCKET GOPHER (THOMOMYS IDAHOENSIS) IN WYOMING, DR. GARY P. BEAUVAIS AND DARBY N. DARK-SMILEY, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, June 2005
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0