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SPECIES Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) cherriei
Author: | J. A. Allen, 1893. | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 5: 337. | Common Name: | Cherrie’s Pocket Gopher. | Type Locality: | Costa Rica, Limón Prov., Santa Clara. | Distribution: | NC Costa Rica (see Hafner and Hafner, 1987; Hafner, 1991). | Status: | IUCN – Lowered Risk (nt). | Comments: | Subgenus Macrogeomys. Revised by Goodwin (1946). Phylogeography examined by Demastes et al. (1996). May include matagalpae (M. S. Hafner, pers. comm.). |
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