Cratogeomys merriami
(O. Thomas, 1893)
Merriam's Pocket Gopher
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
Infraorder | : Castorimorphi |
Family | : Geomyidae |
Subfamily | : Geomyinae |
Tribe | : Geomyini |
Genus | : Cratogeomys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1893-10-01. On some of the larger species of Geomys. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)12(70):269-273.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344043Original name as described
Geomys merriami
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1870.6.20.2
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45bd8cd1-a7bc-4d87-850e-7a68713d8af7 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d5539b3a-3c50-46e6-b715-f35254540279Type locality
"S. Mexico." Restricted by C. H. Merriam in 1895 to "probably the Valley of Mexico."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
Taxonomy notes
previously included C. fulvescens and C. perotensis
Taxonomy notes citation
Hafner, M. S., Light, J. E., Hafner, D. J., Brant, S. V., Spradling, T. A., & Demastes, J. W. (2005). Cryptic species in the Mexican pocket gopher Cratogeomys merriami. Journal of Mammalogy, 86(6), 1095-1108.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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