Smoky pocket gopher

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Smoky 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. fumosus
Binomial name
*Cratogeomys fumosus* (Merriam, 1892)
Synonyms
Pappogeomys fumosus (Merriam, 1892) Cratogeomys neglectus (Merriam, 1902) Cratogeomys tylorhinus (Merriam, 1895) Cratogeomys zinseri (Goldman, 1939)

The smoky pocket gopher (Cratogeomys fumosus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in Mexico, in the states of Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan, Guanajuato, Queretaro, Hidalgo, Estado de Mexico, and the Mexican Federal District.^[1] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Molecular phylogenetics has revealed that this species also includes the animals formerly separated as C. gymnurus, C. neglectus, C. tylorhinus and C. zinseri.^[2]

Four subspecies are recognized:^[1]^[3]

Sources

^ ^a ^b ^c Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E. (2016). "Cratogeomys fumosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16026A22216828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16026A22216828.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Hafner, Mark S.; Spradling, Theresa A.; Light, Jessica E.; Hafner, David J.; Demboski, John R. (21 December 2004). "Systematic Revision of Pocket Gophers of the Cratogeomys gymnurus Species Group". Journal of Mammalogy. 85 (6): 1170–1183. doi:10.1644/BER-122.1.
^ Hafner, Mark (July 2016). Handbook of the Mammals of the World - Volume 6. Lynx Edicions.

Cratogeomys

Geomys
(Eastern pocket gophers)

Heterogeomys

Orthogeomys

Pappogeomys

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

Category

Taxon identifiers
Cratogeomys fumosus	Wikidata: Q1762147 Wikispecies: Cratogeomys fumosus ADW: Cratogeomys_fumosus BOLD: 28554 CoL: Z9MH EoL: 328274 GBIF: 4264557 iNaturalist: 74209 IRMNG: 10954855 ITIS: 900160 IUCN: 16026 MDD: 1001850 MSW: 12800030 NCBI: 13458 Observation.org: 200486 Open Tree of Life: 424317 Paleobiology Database: 45351
Geomys fumosus	Wikidata: Q109647295 CoL: 3FQBZ GBIF: 9057478 ITIS: 900189

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