A New Pocket Gopher (Genus Thomomys) From Wyoming and Colorado

"A New Pocket Gopher (Genus Thomomys) From Wyoming and Colorado" by E. Raymond Hall is a scientific book from the 1950s that introduces a brand-new type of pocket gopher discovered in the Sierra Madre mountains. The publication helps expand our understanding of small mammals by giving a complete description of this gopher subspecies, called Thomomys talpoides meritus; it describes where they live, what they look like and how big they are. Hall's work highlights key differences in size, color, and skull structure between this new gopher and its close relatives, T. t. rostralis and T. t. clusius, showing the amazing diversity within the animal kingdom and the need for careful, on-site research.