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

  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.


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