Oaxacan pocket gopher
| Oaxacan pocket gopher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Orthogeomys |
| Species: | O. cuniculus
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| Binomial name | |
| Orthogeomys cuniculus Elliot, 1905
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The Oaxacan pocket gopher (Orthogeomys cuniculus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.
This rare pocket gopher species is endemic to Oaxaca state in southern Mexico, confined to a few localities in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.[1]
References
- ^ a b Castro-Arellano, I. & Vázquez, E. (2008). "Orthogeomys cuniculus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T15546A4780614. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T15546A4780614.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.; IUCN Red List database entry includes a brief justification of why this species has data deficient status.
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