Tacoma pocket gopher

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Tacoma Pocket Gopher Conservation status: Extinct (1970)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Geomyidae Genus: Thomomys Species: T. mazama Subspecies: T. m. tacomensis
Trinomial name
Thomomys mazama tacomensis

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 Penninsula in Washington. The animal became extinct in 1970.

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