Biology:Goldman's pocket gopher

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Short description: Species of rodent

Goldman's pocket gopher
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Cratogeomys
Species:
C. goldmani
Binomial name
Cratogeomys goldmani
(Merriam, 1895)[2]
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms

Pappogeomys goldmani[3]

Goldman's pocket gopher, (Cratogeomys goldmani) is a species of rodent in the pocket gopher family.[1][4][5][6] It is distributed throughout northern Mexico.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of the yellow-faced pocket gopher.[6] It is named after Edward Alphonso Goldman, who collected the holotype of this species.[7]

Subspecies

There are currently seven identified subspecies of Cratogeomys goldmani:[6]

  • C. g. elibatus
  • C. g. goldmani
  • C. g. maculats
  • C. g. peridoneus
  • C. g. planifrons
  • C. g. rubellus
  • C. g. subnubilus

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q1768070 entry