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title: "Tuza del noroeste"
description: "Thomomys mazama — Mamíferos. The Mazama pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama) is a smooth-toothed pocket gopher restricted to the Pacific Northwest."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/western-pocket-gopher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tuza del noroeste

> Thomomys mazama — Mamíferos. The Mazama pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama) is a smooth-toothed pocket gopher restricted to the Pacific Northwest.

- Scientific name: *Thomomys mazama*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 71
- Wikidata: [Q45586](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45586)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44064](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44064)

## Names

- en: Western Pocket Gopher
- de: Mazama-Taschenratte
- es: Tuza del noroeste
- nl: Mazamagoffer

## Summary

The Mazama pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama) is a smooth-toothed pocket gopher restricted to the Pacific Northwest. The herbivorous species ranges from coastal Washington, through Oregon, and into north-central California. Four subspecies of the Mazama Pocket Gopher are classified as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, including T. m. pugetensis (Olympia pocket gopher), T. m. tumuli (Tenino pocket gopher), T. m. glacialis (Roy Prairie pocket gopher), and T. m. yelmensis (Yelm pocket gopher). The Mazama Pocket Gopher is one of the smallest of 35 species in the pocket gopher family.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazama_pocket_gopher

## Photo

![Tuza del noroeste](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-pocket-gopher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kim Flotlin, FWS. · Public domain · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44064

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-pocket-gopher?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).