Cratogeomys gymnurus (Merriam 1892)

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 : 860

Cratogeomys gymnurus (Merriam 1892)

[Geomys] gymnurus Merriam 1892 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 7: 166.

Type Locality: Mexico, Jalisco, Zapotlán (= Ciudad Guzmán), 4,000 ft. (1,219 m).

Vernacular Names: Llano Pocket Gopher.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Cratogeomys gymnurus subsp. gymnurus (Merriam 1892)

Subspecies Cratogeomys gymnurus subsp. imparilis (Goldman 1939)

Subspecies Cratogeomys gymnurus subsp. russelli Genoways and Jones 1969

Subspecies Cratogeomys gymnurus subsp. tellus Russell 1953

Distribution: S and C Jalisco and NE Michoacan ( Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Pappogeomys gymnurus .

Discussion: Polytypic; subspecies reviewed by Russell (1968 b), but all are probably only geographic units of fumosus ( Demastes et al., 2002) .