Goldman's pocket gopher

Goldman's pocket gopher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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

1. Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E. (2016). "Cratogeomys goldmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136647A22216690. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136647A22216690.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "ION: Index to Organism Names".
3. "Taxonomy browser (Cratogeomys goldmani)".
4. "Cratogeomys goldmani Merriam 1895 - Encyclopedia of Life".
5. "Namebank Record Detail".
6. Patton, J. L. (2005). "Family Geomyidae". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 860. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
7. Beolens, Bo; Grayson, Michael; Watkins, Michael (2009). The eponym dictionary of mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 157–158. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9.

Further reading

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