Megascapheus laticeps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geomyoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Castorimorphi Superfamilia: Geomyoidea

Familia: Geomyidae
Subfamilia: Geomyinae
Tribus: Thomomyini
Genus: Megascapheus
Species:

Megascapheus laticeps (Baird, 1855)

Holotype: USNM 513 (= USNM A1648), skin and skull, collected by W.P. Trowbridge.
Type locality: “Humboldt Bay”, California, United States.

Thomomys laticeps Baird, 1855: 335 [original combination]
Megascapheus laticeps: Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo, 2025: 59 [subsequent combination]

Baird, S.F. 1855. Characteristics of some New Species of North American Mammalia, collected chiefly in connection with the U.S. Surveys of a Railroad Route to the Pacific. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 333–336. BHL Reference page.
Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. & Segura-Trujillo, C.A. 2025. Genus-level review of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae. Therya 16(1): 41–75. DOI: 10.12933/therya-25-6153 Reference page.