Western Pocket Gopher

Thomomys mazama Merriam 1897

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Thomomys mazama (Western Pocket Gopher) is a species of rodents in the family pocket gophers. They are found in The Nearctic. They are herbivores.

URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099

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EOL has data for 30 attributes, including:

diet breadth
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DietBreadth
- Definition: Number of dietary categories eaten by an organism.
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3
diet includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Diet
- Definition: Information about the items eaten by this organism.
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leaves
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0025034
- Definition: phyllomes not associated with a reproductive structure
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ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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eol.org
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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geographic range (size of area)
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/GeographicRangeArea
- Definition: The total extent of the geographic range of an organism.
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80946.14999999999
habitat breadth
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/HabitatBreadth
- Definition: Number of habitat layers used by an organism
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2
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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temperate
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206
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home range
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/HomeRange
- Definition: Size of the area within which everyday activities of individuals or groups (of any type) are typically restricted.
- Attribution: Kate E. Jones, Jon Bielby, Marcel Cardillo, Susanne A. Fritz, Justin O'Dell, C. David L. Orme, Kamran Safi, Wes Sechrest, Elizabeth H. Boakes, Chris Carbone, Christina Connolly, Michael J. Cutts, Janine K. Foster, Richard Grenyer, Michael Habib, Christopher A. Plaster, Samantha A. Price, Elizabeth A. Rigby, Janna Rist, Amber Teacher, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, John L. Gittleman, Georgina M. Mace, and Andy Purvis. 2009. PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals. Ecology 90:2648. http://esapubs.org/archive/ecol/E090/184/
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7.60941E-5
litters per year
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/LittersPerYear
- Definition: Number of litters per female per year
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1 /year
prenatal development duration
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrenatalDevelopmentDuration
- Definition: The duration of the development from fertilized, deposited or implanted egg to hatching/birth. Corresponds to egg incubation duration in oviparous animals and to gestation period duration in viviparous animals.
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30 days
primary diet
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrimaryDiet
- Attribution: Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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roots
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0009005
- Definition: root: A plant axis (PO:0025004) that is part of a root system (PO:0025025).
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/po.owl Ontology Source: http://www.plantontology.org/
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: POC:curators]
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temperature in geographic range
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7.938

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Western pocket gopher. View this species on GBIF

Ken Chamberlain cc-by-nc-4.0

Western pocket gopher includes 15 children: