cultellus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cultellus
1895–1900; < Latin: diminutive of culter knife, colter; for formation, see castellum
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For comparisons with T. b. cultellus and T. b. rubidus, see accounts of those subspecies.
From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Youngman, Phillip M.
Topotypes of T. b. cultellus most closely resemble those of T. b. internatus but differ as follows: darker; zygomatic arches more widely spreading, not so nearly parallel; nasals not so wide; bullae slightly more inflated.
From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Youngman, Phillip M.
Remarks.—The dividing line between T. b. internatus and T. b. cultellus is drawn arbitrarily since only one specimen has been collected between La Veta Pass and the border of New Mexico.
From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Youngman, Phillip M.
The word is derived from the Fr. coutelas, or coutelace, a form of coutel, modern couteau, a knife, from Lat. cultellus, diminutive of culter, a ploughshare, or cutting instrument.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
Remarks.—T. b. aureus is a variable subspecies, which differs considerably from T. b. internatus, T. b. cultellus, and T. b. rubidus and includes several microgeographic races distinguishable to a taxonomist specializing in the group.
From Geographic Variation in the Pocket Gopher, Thomys bottae, in Colorado by Youngman, Phillip M.
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