Merriam's pocket gopher

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Merriam's pocket gopher
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Geomyidae
Genus:	Cratogeomys
Species:	C. merriami
Binomial name
*Cratogeomys merriami* (Thomas, 1893)

Range
Synonyms
Pappogeomys merriami

Merriam's pocket gopher (Cratogeomys merriami) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.^[2] It is endemic to Mexico, where it is found in the area of the Valley of Mexico and the Valley of Toluca at elevations from 1800 to 4000 m.^[1] Its favored habitats are the Zacatonal grassland and temperate pine-oak woodlands, as well as farmland and rangeland.^[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 36 and FN = 68.^[3]

Until 2005, what are now considered the separate species C. fulvescens and C. perotensis were included within this taxon. They were split off due to clear molecular, chromosomal and morphological differences. All three species are part of the C. castanops 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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E. (2016). "Cratogeomys merriami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16028A22217011. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16028A22217011.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ 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. p. 861. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ ^a ^b Hafner, M. S.; Light, J. E.; Hafner, D. J.; Brant, S. V.; Spradling, T. A.; Demastes, J. W. (2005). "Cryptic Species in the Mexican Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys merriami". Journal of Mammalogy. 86 (6): 1095–1108. doi:10.1644/05-MAMM-A-064R1.1.
^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0801893049. OCLC 270129903.

Extant species of family Geomyidae (Pocket gophers)

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Castorimorpha
Superfamily: Geomyoidea

Cratogeomys

Geomys
(Eastern pocket gophers)

Heterogeomys

Orthogeomys

Giant pocket gopher (O. grandis)

Pappogeomys

Buller's pocket gopher (P. bulleri)

Thomomys
(Smooth-toothed
pocket gophers)

Subgenus Megascapheus	Thomomys atrovarius Botta's pocket gopher (T. bottae) Camas pocket gopher (T. bulbivorus) Thomomys nayarensis Thomomys sheldoni Townsend's pocket gopher (T. townsendii) Southern pocket gopher (T. umbrinus)
Subgenus Thomomys	Wyoming pocket gopher (T. clusius) Idaho pocket gopher (T. idahoensis) Mazama pocket gopher (T. mazama) Mountain pocket gopher (T. monticola) Northern pocket gopher (T. talpoides)

Zygogeomys

Michoacan pocket gopher (Z. trichopus)

Category

Taxon identifiers
Cratogeomys merriami	Wikidata: Q1765852 Wikispecies: Cratogeomys merriami ADW: Cratogeomys_merriami BOLD: 28551 CoL: Z9MM EoL: 328276 GBIF: 7261625 iNaturalist: 74211 IRMNG: 10734109 ITIS: 900162 IUCN: 16028 MDD: 1001852 MSW: 12800036 NCBI: 13462 Open Tree of Life: 949953 Paleobiology Database: 45353

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