Merriam's Pocket Gopher

Merriam's Pocket Gopher
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Geomyidae
Genus:	Cratogeomys
Species:	C. merriami
Binomial name
Cratogeomys merriami (Thomas, 1893)
Range of Merriam's Pocket Gopher
Synonyms
Pappogeomys merriami

Merriam's Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys merriami) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.^[2] It is endemic to Mexico, where it is found in the area of the Valley of Mexico and the Valley of Toluca at elevations from 1800 to 4000 m.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T. & Vázquez, E. (2008). Cratogeomys merriami. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 March 2009.
2. ^ Patton, James L. (16 November 2005). "Family Geomyidae (pp. 859-870)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 861. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12800036.