Tacoma pocket gopher
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.
| Tacoma pocket gopher | |
|---|---|
Extinct (1970) | |
Scientific 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 | |
References
Yensen (2000). "Thomomys mazama ssp. tacomensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000. Retrieved 11 May 2006.
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