Masters of the Burrow: 8 Classic Books on the Study of Pocket Gophers
Classic Studies of Pocket Gopher Taxonomy, Burrows, Ecology, and BiogeographyBy Phillip M. Youngman, Robert J. Russell, H. Gordon Montague, E. Raymond Hall, Bernardo Villa RamÃrez
Length6h 54m
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Masters of the Burrow gathers eight landmark studies of pocket gophers, offering a concentrated history of inquiry into one of North America's most specialized and consequential subterranean mammals. Across monographic description, field observation, taxonomic analysis, and ecological interpretation, the volume reveals how burrowing life complicates conventional ideas of animal behavior, habitat, and adaptation. Its standout value lies in the cumulative portrait of gophers as engineers of soil, vegetation, and underground space. The contributing naturalists and mammalogists—Phillip M. Youngman, Robert J. Russell, H. Gordon Montague, E. Raymond Hall, and Bernardo Villa Ramírez—represent overlapping traditions of twentieth-century vertebrate zoology and regional natural history. Their work brings together careful specimen-based scholarship, geographic attention, and sustained observation of living animals. Read collectively, these voices illuminate the development of mammalogy as a discipline shaped by classification, biogeography, and ecological method, while also preserving the particular landscapes in which pocket gophers were studied. This collection is recommended for students of zoology, environmental history, and animal behavior, as well as readers drawn to classic scientific writing. By placing distinct methods and regional perspectives in dialogue, it provides both an educational introduction to pocket-gopher studies and a rich account of how scientific knowledge is built across generations.
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GenreScience and Nature, Literary Classics
Length6 hrs 54 mins
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Pleistocene Pocket Gophers From San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
2Pleistocene Pocket Gophers From San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
3Pleistocene Pocket Gophers From San Josecito Cave, Nuevo León, México
4Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomomys bottae, in Colorado
5Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomomys bottae, in Colorado
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6INTRODUCTION
7LITERATURE CITED
8Two New Pocket Gophers from Wyoming and Colorado
9Two New Pocket Gophers from Wyoming and Colorado
10BY
11Evolution and Classification of the Pocket Gophers of the Subfamily Geomyinae (pt. 1)
12Evolution and Classification of the Pocket Gophers of the Subfamily Geomyinae (pt. 2)
13Four New Pocket Gophers of the Genus Cratogeomys from Jalisco, Mexico
14Four New Pocket Gophers of the Genus Cratogeomys from Jalisco, Mexico
15Cratogeomys gymnurus tellus new subspecies
16A New Species of Pocket Gopher (Genus Pappogeomys) From Jalisco, México
17A New Species of Pocket Gopher (Genus Pappogeomys) From Jalisco, México
18A New Pocket Gopher (Genus Thomomys), from Eastern Colorado
1923–7439
20A New Pocket Gopher
21E. RAYMOND HALL AND BERNARDO VILLA R.
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