Cratogeomys neglectus (Merriam 1902)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 859-870 : 861

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11339440

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scientific name

Cratogeomys neglectus (Merriam 1902)
status

 

Cratogeomys neglectus (Merriam 1902) View in CoL

Cratogeomys neglectus (Merriam 1902) View in CoL , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 15: 68.

Type Locality: Mexico, Querétaro, Cerro de la Calentura, about 8 mi (13 km) NW of Pinal de Amoles, 9,500 ft. (2,896 m).

Vernacular Names: Queretaro Pocket Gopher.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered as Pappogeomys neglectus .

Discussion: Probably only a recent geographic isolate of tylorhinus ( Monterrubio et al., 2000) or, along with tylorhinus , part of fumosus ( Demastes et al., 2002) . Reviewed by León et al. (2001, Mammalian Species No. 685).

Demastes, J. W., T. A. Spradling, M. S. Hafner, D. J. Hafner, and D. L. Reed. 2002. Systematics and phylogeography in pocket gophers in the genera Cratogeomys and Pappogeomys. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 22: 144 - 154.

Monterrubio, T., J. W. Demastes, L. Leon-Paniagua, and M. S. Hafner. 2000. Systematic relationships of the endangered Queretaro pocket gopher (Cratogeomys neglectus). Southwestern Naturalist, 45: 249 - 252.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Geomyidae

Genus

Cratogeomys