Cherrie's pocket gopher
| Cherrie's pocket gopher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Heterogeomys |
| Species: | H. cherriei
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterogeomys cherriei (J. A. Allen, 1893)
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Cherrie's pocket gopher (Heterogeomys cherriei) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica. It is threatened by habitat loss.[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
- ^ Timm, R. & Woodman, N. (2008). "Orthogeomys cherriei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
- ^ "Heterogeomys cherriei". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.7. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ 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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