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Yellow-faced pocket gopher

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Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher
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C. castanops
Binomial name
Cratogeomys castanops
(Baird, 1852)
File:Cratogeomys Castanops Range.gif
Range of Cratogeomys castanops
Synonyms

Pappogeomys castanops

The Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys castanops) is a species of pocket gopher that is native to shortgrass prairies in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.

The Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher has a yellowish-brown coat, a short tail, and one deep groove down the anterior middle of each incisor.

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern