Desert Pocket Gopher

Desert Pocket Gopher
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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