Big Pocket Gopher

Big Pocket Gopher
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Geomyidae
Genus:	Orthogeomys
Species:	O. lanius
Binomial name
Orthogeomys lanius (Elliot, 1905)

The Big Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys lanius) is a species of rodent in the Geomyidae family. It is endemic to Mexico.

References

1. ^ Castro-Arellano, I. & Vázquez, E. (2008). Orthogeomys lanius. 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