Merriam's pocket gopher
| Merriam'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: | Cratogeomys |
| Species: | C. merriami
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| Binomial name | |
| Cratogeomys merriami (Thomas, 1893)
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| Synonyms | |
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Pappogeomys merriami | |
Merriam's pocket gopher (Cratogeomys merriami) is a species of
FN = 68.[3]
Until 2005, what are now considered the separate species species group.[3]
The species is named after American mammalogist Clinton Hart Merriam.[4]
Although its distribution is patchy, it is not thought to be threatened.[1]