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--> FAMILY Geomyidae
--> GENUS Cratogeomys
SPECIES Cratogeomys neglectus
| Author: | Merriam, 1902. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 15: 68. | | Common Name: | Querétaro Pocket Gopher. | | Type Locality: | Mexico, Querétaro, Cerro de la Calentura, about 8 mi (13 km) NW of Pinal de Amoles, 9,500 ft. (2,896 m). | | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality. | | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered as Pappogeomys neglectus. | | Comments: | Probably only a recent geographic isolate of tylorhinus (Monterrubio et al., 2000) or, along with tylorhinus, part of fumosus (Demastes et al., 2002). Reviewed by León et al. (2001, Mammalian Species No. 685). |
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