Alcorn's pocket gopher
Appearance
Alcorn's pocket gopher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Geomyidae |
Genus: | Pappogeomys |
Species: | P. alcorni
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Binomial name | |
Pappogeomys alcorni Russell, 1957
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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/