A New Pocket Gopher (Genus Thomomys) From Wyomin
In this book, Eugene Raymond Hall presents a new species of pocket gopher, Thomomys monticola, from Wyoming and Colorado. He describes the species in detail, including its physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior. He also provides a detailed comparison of the new species to other species of pocket gophers. Hall also discusses the taxonomic relationships of the new species to other species of pocket gophers, and provides a key to the species of Thomomys. Finally, he provides a detailed description of the geographic range of the new species. This book is an important contribution to the field of mammalogy, and provides a valuable resource for researchers and naturalists interested in pocket gophers.
By Eugene Raymond Hall · First published 1951 · Genre: Non-Fiction, Nature Writing, Science Writing · 580 words
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Among small mammals accumulated, from Wyoming, in the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas, specimens of the wide-spread species "Thomomys talpoides" are abundantly represented. Subspecific names are available for most of these, but specimens from the Sierra Madre Mountain Range of Wyoming and Colorado prove upon comparison to pertain to an heretofore unnamed subspecies which may be described and named as follows:
#Thomomys talpoides meritus# new subspecies
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- Work type: Short story
- Author: Eugene Raymond Hall
- Date: 1951 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Non-Fiction, Nature Writing, Science Writing, Geography
- Length: 580 words
- Structure: 1 section, 9 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Difficult (10th-12th Grade)
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- Non-Fiction — This book is a scientific study of a new species of pocket gopher, and is therefore a work of non-fiction.
- Nature Writing — This book is a scientific study of a new species of pocket gopher, and is therefore a work of nature writing.
- Science Writing — This book is a scientific study of a new species of pocket gopher, and is therefore a work of science writing.
- Geography — This book focuses on the geographic range of the new species of pocket gopher, and is therefore a work of geography.
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Animal · Animals-Wild-Mammals · Colorado · Mammals · Pocket gophers · Wyoming · adult · basilar · breadth · clusius · color · darker
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