Michoacan Pocket Gopher
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| Michoacan Pocket Gopher | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Zygogeomys |
| Species: | Z. trichopus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygogeomys trichopus Merriam, 1895 |
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The Michoacan Pocket Gopher (Zygogeomys trichopus) is a species of rodent in the Geomyidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Zygogeomys.[citation needed] It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
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- ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T., Vázquez, E. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. (2008). Zygogeomys trichopus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 15 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is endangered
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