Heterogeomys lanius
D. G. Elliot, 1905
Big 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 | : Heterogeomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Elliot, D.G. 1905-12-09. Descriptions of apparently new species and subspecies of mammals from Mexico and San Domingo. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 18:233-236.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265705Original name as described
Heterogeomys lanius
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:14062
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Xuchil, Vera Cruz, Mexico." Restricted by M. S. Hafner and colleagues in 2014 to "El Xuchitl in west-central Veracruz."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
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
Critically Endangered
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