Perote pocket gopher

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Not to be confused with the Perote mouse (Peromyscus bullatus) or the Perote ground squirrel (Xerospermosphilus perotensis), both also of Mexico.

Cofre de Perote pocket gopher

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Cratogeomys
Species:
C. perotensis
Binomial name
Cratogeomys perotensis

The Perote pocket gopher

Geomyidae
.

Range

type locality.[2]

Description

This rodent is light to dark brown in color and weighs 400 to 650 g, with males being slightly larger. There are usually small white areas near the base of the tail.

FN = 72.[4]

Habitat

It inhabits

temperate pine-oak woodlands at elevations from 2400 to 4000 m.[1]

Taxonomic history

Initially described as a species in 1895,

species group.[4]

Conservation status

Although it occupies an area of less than 20,000 km2, C. perotensis is thought to be common and is not considered threatened.[1]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136396A22217166.en
    . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Merriam, C. H. (1895). Monographic Revision of the Pocket Gophers: Family Geomyidæ (exclusive of the Species of Thomomys). U.S. Government Printing Office. perotensis.
  3. ^ Zoological Series. Field Museum of Natural History. 1904. p. 839.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1644/05-MAMM-A-064R1.1
    .
  5. OCLC 900027107
    .
  6. ^ Russell, R. J. (1968). "Revision of pocket gophers of the genus Pappogeomys". University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History. 16: 581–776. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  7. OCLC 62265494
    .
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