Goldman's pocket gopher

Species of rodent

Goldman's pocket gopher
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Cratogeomys
Species:
C. goldmani
Binomial name
Cratogeomys goldmani
(Merriam, 1895)[2]
Subspecies

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Synonyms

Pappogeomys goldmani[3]

Goldman's pocket gopher, (Cratogeomys goldmani) is a species of rodent in the pocket gopher family.[1][4][5][6] It is distributed throughout northern Mexico.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of the yellow-faced pocket gopher.[6] It is named after Edward Alphonso Goldman, who collected the holotype of this species.[7]

Subspecies

There are currently seven identified subspecies of Cratogeomys goldmani:[6]

  • C. g. elibatus
  • C. g. goldmani
  • C. g. maculats
  • C. g. peridoneus
  • C. g. planifrons
  • C. g. rubellus
  • C. g. subnubilus

References

  1. ^ a b c Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E. (2016). "Cratogeomys goldmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136647A22216690. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136647A22216690.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "ION: Index to Organism Names".
  3. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Cratogeomys goldmani)".
  4. ^ "Cratogeomys goldmani Merriam 1895 - Encyclopedia of Life".
  5. ^ "Namebank Record Detail".
  6. ^ a b c Patton, J. L. (2005). "Family Geomyidae". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 860. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  7. ^ Beolens, Bo; Grayson, Michael; Watkins, Michael (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 157–158. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9.

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Extant species of family Geomyidae (Pocket gophers)
Cratogeomys
  • Yellow-faced pocket gopher (C. castanops)
  • Oriental Basin pocket gopher (C. fulvescens)
  • Smoky pocket gopher (C. fumosus)
  • Goldman's pocket gopher (C. goldmani)
  • Merriam's pocket gopher (C. merriami)
  • Perote pocket gopher (C. perotensis)
  • Flat-headed pocket gopher (C. planiceps)
Geomys
(Eastern pocket gophers)
  • Desert pocket gopher (G. arenarius)
  • Attwater's pocket gopher (G. attwateri)
  • Baird's pocket gopher (G. breviceps)
  • Plains pocket gopher (G. bursarius)
  • Geomys jugossicularis
  • Knox Jones's pocket gopher (G. knoxjonesi)
  • G. lutescens
  • Texas pocket gopher (G. personatus)
  • Southeastern pocket gopher (G. pinetis)
  • G. streckeri
  • Central Texas pocket gopher (G. texensis)
  • Tropical pocket gopher (G. tropicalis)
Heterogeomys
  • Chiriqui pocket gopher (H. cavator)
  • Cherrie's pocket gopher (H. cherriei)
  • Darien pocket gopher (H. dariensis)
  • Variable pocket gopher (H. heterodus)
  • Hispid pocket gopher (H. hispidus)
  • Big pocket gopher (H. lanius)
  • Underwood's pocket gopher (H. underwoodi)
Orthogeomys
  • Giant pocket gopher (O. grandis)
Pappogeomys
  • Buller's pocket gopher (P. bulleri)
Thomomys
(Smooth-toothed
pocket gophers)
Subgenus Megascapheus
  • Thomomys atrovarius
  • Botta's pocket gopher (T. bottae)
  • Camas pocket gopher (T. bulbivorus)
  • Thomomys nayarensis
  • Thomomys sheldoni
  • Townsend's pocket gopher (T. townsendii)
  • Southern pocket gopher (T. umbrinus)
Subgenus Thomomys
  • Wyoming pocket gopher (T. clusius)
  • Idaho pocket gopher (T. idahoensis)
  • Mazama pocket gopher (T. mazama)
  • Mountain pocket gopher (T. monticola)
  • Northern pocket gopher (T. talpoides)
Zygogeomys
  • Michoacan pocket gopher (Z. trichopus)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Cratogeomys goldmani
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