Megascapheus nigricans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geomyoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: 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

Megascapheus nigricans (Rhoads, 1895)

Holotype: ANSP 9007 (= SNR 2007), adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by F. Stephens on 22 December 1893.
Type locality: “Witch Creek, San Diego Co., California”.

Thomomys fulvus nigricans Rhoads, 1895: 36 [original combination, as subspecies]
Thomomys nigricans: Grinnell, 1914: 315 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]
Megascapheus nigricans: Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo, 2025: 59 [subsequent combination]

Rhoads, S.N. 1895. Descriptions of new mammals from Florida and southern California. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 47: 32–37. 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.