Variable Pocket Gopher

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Variable Pocket Gopher
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Orthogeomys
Species: O. heterodus
Binomial name
Orthogeomys heterodus
(Peters, 1865)

The Variable Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys heterodus) is a species of rodent in the Geomyidae family. It is endemic to Costa Rica. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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