Tropical Pocket Gopher

Tropical Pocket Gopher
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Geomys
Species: G. tropicalis
Binomial name
Geomys tropicalis
Goldman, 1915

The Tropical Pocket Gopher (Geomys tropicalis) is a species of rodent in the Geomyidae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T. & Vázquez, E. (2008). Geomys tropicalis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 January 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of critically endangered