Desert Pocket Gopher

Desert Pocket Gopher
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Geomys
Species: G. arenarius
Binomial name
Geomys arenarius
Merriam, 1895

The Desert Pocket Gopher (Geomys arenarius) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in the state of Chihuahua in Mexico and in Texas and New Mexico in the United States.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Hafner, D.J., Timm, R. & Lacher, T. (2008). Geomys arenarius. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 January 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of near threatened