Yellow-faced pocket gopher
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| Species: | C. castanops
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| Cratogeomys castanops (Baird, 1852)
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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.
Subspecies
There are currently 19 identified subspecies[2] of Cratogeomys castanops:
- C. c. angusticeps
- C. c. bullatus
- C. c. castanops
- C. c. clarkii
- C. c. consitus
- C. c. dalquesti
- C. c. excelsus
- C. c. goldmani[3][4]
- C. c. hirtus
- C. c. jucundus
- C. c. parviceps
- C. c. perexiguus
- C. c. perplanus
- C. c. pratensi
- C. c. sordidulus
- C. c. subsimus
- C. c. surculus
- C. c. tamaulipensis
- C. c. ustulatus
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
- ^ http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12800003
- ^ http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=3860606
- ^ http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/14859750
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