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SPECIES Cratogeomys merriami

Author:Thomas, 1893.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6(12): 271.
Common Name:Merriam’s Pocket Gopher.
Type Locality:Mexico, "Southern Mexico," probably Valley of Mexico.
Distribution:WC Veracruz to Distrito Federal, Morelos, and surrounding areas, including SE Central Plateau and S Sierra Madre Oriental (Mexico).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Pappogeomys merriami.
Comments:Included in the castanops species-group by Russell (1968b) and close phyletic relationship to castanops and goldmani confirmed by mitochondrial DNA analyses (DeWalt et al., 1993a; Demastes et al., 2002). Polytypic; subspecies reviewed by Russell (1968b).
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SUBSPECIES merriami

SUBSPECIES estor

SUBSPECIES fulvescens

SUBSPECIES irolonis

SUBSPECIES peraltus

SUBSPECIES perotensis

SUBSPECIES saccharalis

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