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Thomomys bottae
Botta's Pocket Gopher
Redwood National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Thomomys bottae (Eydoux and Gervais, 1836)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Botta's Pocket Gopher
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Subclass Theria, Order Rodentia, Suborder Castorimorpha, Family Geomyidae, Genus Thomomys, Species Thomomys bottae


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		CA: SNR
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 31 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Big Bend National Park	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Canyonlands National Park	Capitol Reef National Park
Capulin Volcano National Monument	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	Chiricahua National Monument
Colorado National Monument	Coronado National Memorial
Death Valley National Park	El Malpais National Monument
El Morro National Monument	Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Fort Union National Monument
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Great Basin National Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Hovenweep National Monument	Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Joshua Tree National Park	Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Manzanar National Historic Site	Mesa Verde National Park
Mojave National Preserve	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Natural Bridges National Monument	Navajo National Monument
Oregon Caves National Monument	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Parashant National Monument	Pecos National Historical Park
Petrified Forest National Park	Petroglyph National Monument
Pinnacles National Park	Pipe Spring National Monument
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Saguaro National Park	Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument	Tonto National Monument
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument	Tumacacori National Historical Park
Tuzigoot National Monument	Valles Caldera National Preserve
Walnut Canyon National Monument	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
White Sands National Park	Wupatki National Monument
Yosemite National Park	Yucca House National Monument
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	3/9/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/5/2025 9:08:39 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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