Cratogeomys
Genus of rodents
| Cratogeomys | |
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| Cratogeomys castanops | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Cratogeomys Merriam, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Geomys merriami Thomas, 1893 | |
Cratogeomys is a genus of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It was previously considered a subgenus of Pappogeomys.[1] All species are distributed in Mexico and the Southwest United States, with some species being found in both countries.
It contains the following seven species:
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher (Cratogeomys castanops)
- Oriental Basin pocket gopher (Cratogeomys fulvescens)
- Smoky pocket gopher (Cratogeomys fumosus)
- Goldman's pocket gopher (Cratogeomys goldmani)
- Merriam's pocket gopher (Cratogeomys merriami)
- Perote pocket gopher (Cratogeomys perotensis)
- Volcan de Toluca pocket gopher (Cratogeomys planiceps)
References
- ^ 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. pp. 859–861. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of family Geomyidae (Pocket gophers)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Suborder: Castorimorpha
- Superfamily: Geomyoidea
- Yellow-faced pocket gopher (C. castanops)
- Oriental Basin pocket gopher (C. fulvescens)
- Smoky pocket gopher (C. fumosus)
- Goldman's pocket gopher (C. goldmani)
- Merriam's pocket gopher (C. merriami)
- Perote pocket gopher (C. perotensis)
- Flat-headed pocket gopher (C. planiceps)
(Eastern pocket gophers)
- Desert pocket gopher (G. arenarius)
- Attwater's pocket gopher (G. attwateri)
- Baird's pocket gopher (G. breviceps)
- Plains pocket gopher (G. bursarius)
- Geomys jugossicularis
- Knox Jones's pocket gopher (G. knoxjonesi)
- G. lutescens
- Texas pocket gopher (G. personatus)
- Southeastern pocket gopher (G. pinetis)
- G. streckeri
- Central Texas pocket gopher (G. texensis)
- Tropical pocket gopher (G. tropicalis)
- Chiriqui pocket gopher (H. cavator)
- Cherrie's pocket gopher (H. cherriei)
- Darien pocket gopher (H. dariensis)
- Variable pocket gopher (H. heterodus)
- Hispid pocket gopher (H. hispidus)
- Big pocket gopher (H. lanius)
- Underwood's pocket gopher (H. underwoodi)
- Giant pocket gopher (O. grandis)
- Buller's pocket gopher (P. bulleri)
(Smooth-toothed
pocket gophers)
| Subgenus Megascapheus |
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| Subgenus Thomomys |
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- Michoacan pocket gopher (Z. trichopus)
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