Additional records.—Garfield County: Panquitch Lake, 1 (see Goldman 1938:335). Iron County: Beaver Mountains, 9 (see Bailey, 1915:112); Buckskin Valley, 1 (see Goldman, 1938:335).
Thomomys talpoides levis Goldman
Thomomys fossor levis Goldman, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 28:336, July 15, 1938.
Thomomys talpoides levis Goldman, Journ. Mamm., 20:234, May 14, 1939.
Thomomys fossor Bailey, N. Amer. Fauna, 39:112, November 15, 1915; Barnes, Bull. Univ. Utah, 12 (No. 15):85, April, 1922; Bull. Univ. Utah, 17 (No. 12):102, June, 1927.
Type.—Female, adult, skin and skull, No. 158079, U. S. National Museum (Biological Surveys Collection); Seven Mile Flat, 5 mi. N Fish Lake, Fish Lake Plateau, 10,000 ft., Sevier County, Utah; October 1, 1908; collected by W. H. Osgood; original number 3616 (after Goldman, type not seen).
Range.—Fish Lake Mountains in Sevier County south into Garfield County, Utah.
Diagnosis.—Size medium (see measurements). Color: Upper parts near Sayal Brown, moderately mixed with black, darkest on head and middorsal region, grading to Cinnamon Buff on sides and flanks; underparts Pinkish Buff, clearest on inguinal and pectoral regions; chin, cheeks and nose dusky; postauricular patches large and black; front feet, hind feet and distal half of tail white; ears small and deeply pigmented. Skull: Slender and weak; zygomatic arches not widely spreading; posterior ends of nasals rounded; nasals moderately long and narrow; rostrum long and narrow; extension of premaxillae posterior to nasals short; interparietal usually much wider than long; pterygoid hamulae ridged; interpterygoid space usually narrowly V-shaped; upper incisors short.
Comparisons.—Compared with topotypes of Thomomys talpoides moorei, levis differs as follows: Size smaller; tail shorter. Color: Darker throughout, especially on dorsal surface due to more black of the underfur; underparts deeper buff. Skull: Narrower, less massive; zygomatic processes of maxillae weaker and not as widely spreading; interparietal generally wider; extension of premaxillae posterior to nasals less; posterior ends of nasals rounded rather than emarginate; upper incisors shorter, less procumbent.
Topotypes of levis differ from near topotypes of Thomomys talpoides uinta as follows: Size larger. Color: Upper parts slightly darker; postauricular patches much darker and larger; ears small and deeply pigmented as opposed to large and lightly pigmented; tail darker all around at base, with white part more extensive and with fewer buff-colored hairs. Skull: More convex dorsally; zygomatic arches more widely spreading and angular; nasals longer; rostrum longer; interparietal wider and more elliptical; posterior ends of nasals rounded as opposed to emarginate; extension of premaxillae posterior to nasals less; pterygoid hamulae more ridged; interpterygoid space more narrowly V-shaped; upper incisors shorter and less procumbent.