Heterogeomys heterodus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1865)

Variable 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1865. Hr. W. Peters machte eine vorläufige Mittheilung über neue Arten der Säugethiergattungen Geomys, Haplodon und Dasypus. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864:177-180.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35180382

Original name as described

Geomys heterodus

Type material

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Costa Rica."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica

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/1001870

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 heterodus cartagoensis

(G. G. Goodwin, 1943)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

cartagoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-139268

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-139268

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Macrogeomys dolichocephalus

(C. H. Merriam, 1895)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

dolichocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:8627 (= USNM:MAMM:A36295)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30a06519a-720d-47bc-945f-b9c318a8edae

Authority page

189

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811120

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Merriam (1895:189, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14560)

Geomys heterodus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1865)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

heterodus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35180382

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Macrogeomys heterodus dolichocephalus

(G. G. Goodwin, 1946)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

dolichocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

377

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Macrogeomys heterodus heterodus

(G. G. Goodwin, 1946)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

heterodus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

375

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Orthogeomys heterodus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

heterodus

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/15548/22215071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Orthogeomys heterodus cartagoensis

(J. L. Patton, 2005)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

cartagoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Orthogeomys heterodus dolichocephalus

(J. L. Patton, 2005)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

dolichocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Orthogeomys heterodus heterodus

(J. L. Patton, 2005)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

heterodus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Heterogeomys heterodus cartagoensis

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

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

cartagoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Heterogeomys heterodus dolichocephalus

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

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

dolichocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Heterogeomys heterodus

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

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

heterodus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Heterogeomys heterodus heterodus

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

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

heterodus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Macrogeomys heterodus

(C. H. Merriam, 1895)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

heterodus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

186

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811117

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1895:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14560)
  2. Goodwin (1946:375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

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