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SPECIES Cratogeomys castanops

Author:Baird, 1852.
Citation:In Stansbury, Expl. Surv. Valley Great Salt Lake, Utah, App. C (Zool.): 313.
Common Name:Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher
Type Locality:USA, Colorado, Bent Co., along prairie road to Bent's Fort, near present town of Las Animas.
Distribution:SE Colorado and SW Kansas (USA) to E Durango and S Coahuila (Mexico).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Pappogeomys castanops.
Comments:Equalivalent to the 2n=46 cytotype of Berry and Baker (1972) and Lee and Baker (1987), shown by mitochondrial DNA analysis to be phylogenetically separate from the 2n=42 cytotype of these authors (DeWalt et al., 1993a), which is herein referred to as C. goldmani. Largely coincides to the "excelsus subspecies-group" of Russell (1968b), but contains some taxa in his "subnubilis subspecies-group" (see Davidow-Henry et al., 1989, Mammalian Species No. 338). However, allocations of some taxa belonging to Russell’s "subnubilus group" to either castanops or goldmani need verification by karytoypic and other character analyses. Grouped with merriami in the castanops species-group by Russell (1968b). Subspecies listed above are those of Davidow-Henry et al. (1989), except as revised by Hollander (1990) for those in the USA.
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Offspring:

SUBSPECIES angusticeps

SUBSPECIES bullatus

SUBSPECIES castanops

SUBSPECIES clarkii

SUBSPECIES consitus

SUBSPECIES dalquesti

SUBSPECIES excelsus

SUBSPECIES hirtus

SUBSPECIES jucundus

SUBSPECIES parviceps

SUBSPECIES perexiguus

SUBSPECIES perplanus

SUBSPECIES pratensis

SUBSPECIES sordidulus

SUBSPECIES subsimus

SUBSPECIES surculus

SUBSPECIES tamaulipensis

SUBSPECIES ustulatus

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