Chiriqui pocket gopher

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Chiriqui pocket gopher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Heterogeomys
Species:
H. cavator
Binomial name
Heterogeomys cavator
( Bangs , 1902)
Synonyms
  • Orthogeomys cavator

The Chiriqui pocket gopher ( Heterogeomys cavator ) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae . It is found in Costa Rica and Panama . [2] Some authors classify it in the genus Orthogeomys , but recent research has allowed this and its related species to be classified in the genus Heterogeomys . [3]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Samudio, R. (2016). " Orthogeomys cavator " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 : e.T15544A22214782. doi : 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15544A22214782.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021 .
  2. ^ " Heterogeomys cavator " . ASM Mammal Diversity Database . 1.7. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 22 November 2021 .
  3. ^ Spradling, T. A.; Demastes, J. W.; Hafner, D. J.; Milbach, P. L.; Cervantes, F. A.; Hafner, M. S. (2016). "Systematic revision of the pocket gopher genus" . Journal of Mammalogy . 97 (2): 405?423. doi : 10.1093/jmammal/gyv185 .