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Alcorn's pocket gopher
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Geomyidae
Genus:	Pappogeomys
Species:	P. bulleri
Subspecies:	P. b. alcorni
Trinomial name
	Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni; Russell, 1957
Synonyms
	Pappogeomys alcorni;

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Alcorn's pocket gopher (Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni) is a subspecies of the Buller's pocket gopher that is endemic to montane pine-oak forest between 910–3,010 m (3,000–10,000 ft) in the Sierra del Tigre of south Jalisco, Mexico.

Taxonomy

Previously thought to be its own species (as Pappogeomys alcorni), it has instead been assigned to subspecies level.^[2]

Conservation

It is reputed to damage corn and bean fields and has been persecuted by farmers as a pest. The subspecies is considered to be critically endangered.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Castro-Arellano, I.; Vázquez, E.; Cuarón, A. & Álvarez, S. (2016). "Pappogeomys bulleri ssp. alcorni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16023A101244395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16023A101244395.en. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ "Pappogeomys bulleri (O. Thomas, 1892)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ "Pappogeomys alcorni (Alcorn's pocket gopher)". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2009-03-13.

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[iucn-1] Castro-Arellano, I.; Vázquez, E.; Cuarón, A. & Álvarez, S. (2016). "Pappogeomys bulleri ssp. alcorni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16023A101244395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16023A101244395.en. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

[2] "Pappogeomys bulleri (O. Thomas, 1892)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[3] "Pappogeomys alcorni (Alcorn's pocket gopher)". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2009-03-13.

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 | name = Alcorn's pocket gopher
 | image =
-| status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
+| status = CR
+| status_system = IUCN3.1
-| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Castro-Arellano, I.|author2=Vázquez, E.|author3=Cuarón, A.|author4=Álvarez, S.|name-list-style=amp |year=2016|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16023/101244395|title=''Pappogeomys alcorni''|access-date=23 November 2021}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of critically endangered</ref>
+| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Castro-Arellano, I.|author2=Vázquez, E.|author3=Cuarón, A.|author4=Álvarez, S.|name-list-style=amp |year=2016|title=''Pappogeomys bulleri'' ssp. ''alcorni'' |page= e.T16023A101244395 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16023A101244395.en |access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>
 | genus = Pappogeomys
 | species = bulleri
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 * ''Pappogeomys alcorni''
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-'''Alcorn's pocket gopher''' (''Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni'') is a subspecies of [[rodent]] in the family [[Geomyidae]]. It is [[endemic]] to [[Mexico]].  Its natural [[habitat]] is montane [[Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests|pine-oak forest]] (910-3,010 m) in the Sierra del Tigre of south [[Jalisco]]. It is reputed to damage corn and bean fields and has been persecuted by farmers as a pest. The species is considered to be critically endangered.<ref name="iucn"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Pappogeomys_alcorni/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604000421/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Pappogeomys_alcorni/ |archive-date=2012-06-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+'''Alcorn's pocket gopher''' ('''''Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni''''') is a [[subspecies]] of the [[Buller's pocket gopher]] that is [[endemic]] to montane [[Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests|pine-oak forest]] between {{cvt|910|-|3,010|m|-3}} in the Sierra del Tigre of south [[Jalisco]], Mexico.
+==Taxonomy==
+Previously thought to be its own species (as ''Pappogeomys alcorni''), it has instead been assigned to subspecies level.<ref>{{cite mdd |title=''Pappogeomys bulleri'' (O. Thomas, 1892) |id=1001875 |access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref>
+==Conservation==
+It is reputed to damage corn and bean fields and has been persecuted by farmers as a pest. The subspecies is considered to be [[critically endangered]].<ref name="iucn"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Pappogeomys_alcorni/ |title=Pappogeomys alcorni (Alcorn's pocket gopher) |access-date=2009-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604000421/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Pappogeomys_alcorni/ |archive-date=2012-06-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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 [[Category:Pappogeomys]]
-[[Category:Endemic fauna of Mexico|Gopher, Alcorn's pocket]]
+[[Category:Endemic mammals of Mexico]]
-[[Category:Mammals of Mexico|Gopher, Alcorn's pocket]]
 [[Category:Natural history of Jalisco]]
 [[Category:Mammals described in 1957]]
-[[Category:Critically endangered animals|Gopher, Alcorn's pocket]]
+[[Category:Critically endangered animals]]
-[[Category:Critically endangered biota of Mexico|Gopher, Alcorn's pocket]]
+[[Category:Critically endangered biota of Mexico]]
 [[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
-[[Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN]] <!-- Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni -->