Talk:Camas pocket gopher

this current photo...
Lists the animal as being from California!!! &mdash; Gaff ταλκ 03:42, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

aadt'l refs
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/species/mammals/gopher.asp http://books.google.com/books?id=IUg-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA624&lpg=PA624&dq=thomomys+borealis&source=bl&ots=1gGeHQAxQU&sig=jZ7ztKgnEFn5K9ZF_T5O0NtRXH8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r35vVKSKB5CoogS-6oCgBQ&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=thomomys%20bulb&f=false

Richardson text
https://archive.org/stream/faunaborealiamer01rich#page/206/

other languages
In German is is known as "Camas-Taschenratte," in French, "Gaufre bulbivore," and in Italian, "Gopher gigante."

Some info on the Diplostoma bulbivorum affair
[http://books.google.com/books?id=gYFIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA246&dq=diplostoma+thomomys&hl=en&sa=X&ei=B993VO_eBYbroAS9-4D4Bw&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=diplostoma%20thomomys&f=false Abstract of Results of a Study of the Genera Geomys and Thomomys: With ... By Elliott Coues p.246] Some info on the Diplostoma bulbivorum affair

Find
A Synopsis of the Mammals of North America and Adjacent Seas by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1901) http://books.google.com/books?id=XdPRAAAAMAAJ&dq=megascapheus+elliot+bulbivorus&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Nomination of picture to be featured
The main picture in this article was nominated to WP:Featured pictures at Featured picture candidates/Camas pocket gopher (3).JPG. It failed in the assessment because of poor lighting. I still think the picture is awesome.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  18:07, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
 * He (or she) seems unpleased with the result. &mdash; Gaff  ταλκ 19:10, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, definitely still a great photo. That thing surely doesn't want to sit still for the camera. Jsayre64   (talk)  05:35, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Lead overdetailed
I feel that there is an excessive level of detail in the lead, making it hard to read and unfocused. Perhaps confining the lead to the most often mentioned facts from more than one secondary source would help. For example, it seems to me that saying, "The females have four mammary glands" in the lead is overdoing it, unless the other members of the genus have a different number of teats. Many of the other sentences are equally random-seeming. Abductive (reasoning) 17:14, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

Today's Featured Article.
It is really satisfying to see this article up on the Main Page today! It took a lot of work to make it happen. Thank you to everyone who helped out. --Gaff (talk) 18:08, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Nice to see it up after all this time! FunkMonk (talk) 18:12, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

looks
These animals are crazy looking! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fuzzbucketluvr (talk • contribs) 19:33, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 April 2017
Please unlock article as Wikipedia should be edited by all people not just experts. 198.52.13.15 (talk) 23:30, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
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WP:URFA/2020
There are some "as of" date issues throughout the article that might be addressed (or replaced by newer sources if available). There was considerable MOS:SANDWICH, which I resolved. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  21:38, 3 December 2020 (UTC)