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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/2265705

Original name as described

Heterogeomys lanius

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:14062

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=bb7abf9f-0376-4bf2-8db2-03b84707575e

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001872

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.

Heterogeomys lanius

D. G. Elliot, 1905

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

lanius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:14062

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=bb7abf9f-0376-4bf2-8db2-03b84707575e

Authority page

235

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265705

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1905:235, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15532)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42591/22215417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  7. Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

Orthogeomys lanius

(R. J. Russell, 1968)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

lanius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

531

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4385172

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Russell (1968:531, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4385172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13316)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Patton (1993:471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69021)
  6. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

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