Tenudomys bodei Wilson 1949 (pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Alternative combination: Mookomys bodei

Belongs to Tenudomys according to W. W. Korth 1997

See also Korth 1993, Korth 1994 and Stirton 1960

Sister taxa: Tenudomys basilaris, Tenudomys dakotensis, Tenudomys macdonaldi, Tenudomys ridgeviewensis, Tenudomys titanus

Type specimen: Its type locality is South Mountain (CIT 220), which is in an Arikareean fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Sespe Formation of California

Ecology: fossorial browser

Distribution: found only at South Mountain (CIT 220)

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