Heterogeomys dariensis

(E. A. Goldman, 1912)

Darién 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

Goldman, E.A. 1912-09-20. New mammals from eastern Panama. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 60(2):1-18.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910342

Original name as described

Macrogeomys dariensis

Other common names

Darien Pocket Gopher

Type material

USNM:MAMM:179587

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f164ede2-0b80-46a2-9f47-abf3aec45952

Type locality

"Cana (altitude 2,000 feet), in the mountains of Eastern Panama [= Darien Province]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Panama · Colombia

Taxonomy notes

includes thaeleri; 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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001869

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 dariensis

(E. A. Goldman, 1912)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

dariensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:179587

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f164ede2-0b80-46a2-9f47-abf3aec45952

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910342

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Orthogeomys dariensis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

dariensis

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)

Heterogeomys dariensis

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

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

dariensis

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 #400000182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/96802987/22215131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Heterogeomys dariensis dariensis

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

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

dariensis

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)

Orthogeomys thaeleri

(M. S. Alberico, 1990)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

thaeleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

104

Authority publication

Vertebrates in the Tropics

Name usages

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

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