Alcorn's pocket gopher
| Alcorn's pocket gopher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Pappogeomys |
| Species: | P. bulleri |
| Subspecies: | P. b. alcorni
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| Trinomial name | |
| Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni Russell , 1957 | |
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Alcorn's pocket gopher (Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni) is a
pine-oak forest between 910–3,010 m (3,000–10,000 ft) in the Sierra del Tigre of south Jalisco
, Mexico.
Taxonomy
Previously thought to be its own species (as Pappogeomys alcorni), it has instead been assigned to subspecies level.[2]
Conservation
It is reputed to damage corn and bean fields and has been persecuted by farmers as a pest. The subspecies is considered to be
References
- ^ . Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Pappogeomys bulleri (O. Thomas, 1892)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Pappogeomys alcorni (Alcorn's pocket gopher)". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2009-03-13.