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SPECIES Geomys arenarius
| Author: | Merriam, 1895. | | Citation: | N. Am. Fauna, 8: 139. | | Common Name: | Desert Pocket Gopher. | | Type Locality: | USA, Texas, El Paso Co., El Paso. | | Distribution: | Extreme W Texas, SW and SC New Mexico (USA); N Chihuahua (Mexico). | | Status: | IUCN – Lowered Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Reviewed by Williams and Baker (1974, Mammalian Species No. 36) and Williams and Genoways (1978). Considered a subspecies of bursarius by Hafner and Geluso (1983); phylogenetic separation of arenarius and bursarius established by Jolley et al. (2000). |
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