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SPECIES Cratogeomys gymnurus

Author:Merriam, 1892.
Citation:Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 7: 166.
Common Name:Llano Pocket Gopher.
Type Locality:Mexico, Jalisco, Zapotlán (= Ciudad Guzmán), 4,000 ft. (1,219 m).
Distribution:S and C Jalisco and NE Michoacan (Mexico).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Pappogeomys gymnurus.
Comments:Polytypic; subspecies reviewed by Russell (1968b), but all are probably only geographic units of fumosus (Demastes et al., 2002).
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SUBSPECIES gymnurus

SUBSPECIES imparilis

SUBSPECIES russelli

SUBSPECIES tellus

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