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Skull: Long and narrow; nasals long, rounded proximally and usually simple distally; rostrum long; interparietal triangular; tympanic bullae large, and well inflated ventrally; basioccipital narrow; palate narrow; palatal pits shallow; dentition light.

From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.

Cranially, subater differs from taylori in: presphenoid not shaped like an hour-glass; parapterygoid processes thicker medially; interparietal diamond-shaped instead of elongated and compressed.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.

The specific characters are: Sphenorbital fissure present; incisive foramina posterior to infraorbital canal; anterior prism of P4 rounded; interparietal relatively small; lambdoidal suture straight in region of interparietal, in Utah specimens.

From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.

Grayish to dark brownish above and lighter below; sutures of interparietal bone distinct throughout life; second to fourth cervical vertebrae broader than long with dorsal surface flattened and without carination.

From A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

G. tropicalis resembles personatus in half of the characters considered, notably in shape of the interparietal bone, outline of zygomatic arches, and constriction of the premaxillae where they border the incisive foramina.

From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul