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--> SUBGENUS Cynomys
SPECIES Cynomys (Cynomys) mexicanus
Author: | Merriam, 1892. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 7: 157. | Common Name: | Mexican Prairie Dog | Type Locality: | "La Ventura, Coahuila, Mexico." | Distribution: | Coahuila, and San Luis Potosi; perhaps Nuevo Leon, and Zacatecas (NC Mexico). | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered. | Comments: | Subgenus Cynomys (Hall, 1981:412); reviewed by Ceballos-G. and Wilson (1985, Mammalian Species No. 248) and Treviño-V. (1991). |
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