Alcorn's pocket gopher

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

Alcorn's pocket gopher (Pappogeomys alcorni) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is montane 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.^[2]

References

^ Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of critically endangered
^ http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Pappogeomys_alcorni/

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[iucn-1] Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of critically endangered

[2] ttp://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Pappogeomys_alcorni/

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