Heterogeomys cavator

(Bangs, 1902)

Chiriqui Pocket Gopher

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Castorimorphi
Family : Geomyidae
Subfamily : Geomyinae
Tribe : Geomyini
Genus : Heterogeomys
Subgenus : Macrogeomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bangs, O. 1902. Chiriqui Mammalia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39(2):17-51.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199036

Original name as described

Macrogeomys cavator

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:10381

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10381

Type locality

"Boquete, 4,800 feet" (Chiriquí, Panama).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama

Taxonomy notes

moved to Heterogeomys from Orthogeomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Spradling, T. A., Demastes, J. W., Hafner, D. J., Milbach, P. L., Cervantes, F. A., & Hafner, M. S. (2016). Systematic revision of the pocket gopher genus Orthogeomys. Journal of Mammalogy, 97(2), 405-423.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001867

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Macrogeomys pansa

(Bangs, 1902)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

pansa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:10364

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10364

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199034

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Bangs (1902:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)

Macrogeomys cavator

(Bangs, 1902)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

cavator

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:10381

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10381

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199036

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Bangs (1902:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  2. Goodwin (1946:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Macrogeomys cavator nigrescens

(G. G. Goodwin, 1943)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 67536

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Macrogeomys cavator pansa

(G. G. Goodwin, 1946)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

pansa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

379

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Orthogeomys cavator

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

cavator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

139

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15544/22214782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Orthogeomys cavator cavator

(J. L. Patton, 2005)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

cavator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Orthogeomys cavator nigrescens

(J. L. Patton, 2005)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Orthogeomys cavator pansa

(J. L. Patton, 2005)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

pansa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Heterogeomys cavator

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

cavator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Heterogeomys cavator cavator

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

cavator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Heterogeomys cavator nigrescens

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Heterogeomys cavator pansa

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

pansa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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