Thedder 1959 Species Account. Thermomys bottae (p4, 4) Oct. 4 (cont.) There were scattered pines in the area. One T. monticola was also taken nearby (3.5 mi. N., 1.9 mi. E Calpine, 4910 +/- ft. Plumas Co., Calif). The T. bottae was taken on a gentle (southside) slope of a valley that runs east into the Sierra Valley. The T. monticola was taken along the dry wash at the bottom of this valley. Here the vegetation was similar but the soil was very gravelly.