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--> GENUS Cratogeomys
SPECIES Cratogeomys merriami
| Author: | Thomas, 1893. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6(12): 271. | | Common Name: | Merriam’s Pocket Gopher. | | Type Locality: | Mexico, "Southern Mexico," probably Valley of Mexico. | | Distribution: | WC Veracruz to Distrito Federal, Morelos, and surrounding areas, including SE Central Plateau and S Sierra Madre Oriental (Mexico). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Pappogeomys merriami. | | Comments: | Included in the castanops species-group by Russell (1968b) and close phyletic relationship to castanops and goldmani confirmed by mitochondrial DNA analyses (DeWalt et al., 1993a; Demastes et al., 2002). Polytypic; subspecies reviewed by Russell (1968b). |
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