Cherrie's pocket gopher

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Cherrie's pocket gopher
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Orthogeomys
Species: O. cherriei
Binomial name
Orthogeomys cherriei
(J. A. Allen, 1893)

Cherrie's pocket gopher (Orthogeomys cherriei) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Timm, R. & Woodman, N. (2008). Orthogeomys cherriei. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
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