Alcorn's Pocket Gopher

Alcorn's Pocket Gopher
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Pappogeomys
Species: P. alcorni
Binomial name
Pappogeomys alcorni
Russell, 1957

The Alcorn's Pocket Gopher (Pappogeomys alcorni) is a species of rodent in the Geomyidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and arable land. They are usually found on mountain slopes and plains (910-3,010 m ) and are reported as causing considerable damage to corn and bean fields and are considered to be a threatened species.[2]

References

  1. ^ Castro-Arellano, I., Vázquez, E., Cuarón, A. & Álvarez, S. (2008). Pappogeomys alcorni. 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 of critically endangered
  2. ^ http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Pappogeomys_alcorni/