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Variable pocket gopher

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The gopher typically has soft and dense fur colored blackish on the posterior and pale on the anterior. Its
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Spradling, T. A.; Demastes, J. W.; Hafner, D. J.; Milbach, P. L.; Cervantes, F. A.; Hafner, M. S. (2016).
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at higher altitudes, up to 8,000 feet. It is threatened by
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features a longitudinal groove on outer face of each upper
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You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 14: 1250: 349:American Society of Mammalogists 64: 505:Oriental Basin pocket gopher ( 1: 666:Central Texas pocket gopher ( 345:ASM Mammal Diversity Database 1345:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters 650:Southeastern pocket gopher ( 625:Knox Jones's pocket gopher ( 496:Yellow-faced pocket gopher ( 1325:Endemic fauna of Costa Rica 753:Underwood's pocket gopher ( 550:Flat-headed pocket gopher ( 1371: 1330:Rodents of Central America 1245: 884:Townsend's pocket gopher ( 591:Attwater's pocket gopher ( 1340:Mammals described in 1865 992: 980:Michoacan pocket gopher ( 708:Cherrie's pocket gopher ( 532:Merriam's pocket gopher ( 523:Goldman's pocket gopher ( 440: 429:Extant species of family 231:, usually being found in 192: 185: 166: 159: 61:Scientific classification 59: 37: 28: 23: 1335:Rodents of North America 952:Northern pocket gopher ( 943:Mountain pocket gopher ( 893:Southern pocket gopher ( 801:Buller's pocket gopher ( 726:Variable pocket gopher ( 699:Chiriqui pocket gopher ( 675:Tropical pocket gopher ( 572:(Eastern pocket gophers) 916:Wyoming pocket gopher ( 852:Botta's pocket gopher ( 600:Baird's pocket gopher ( 24:Variable pocket gopher 934:Mazama pocket gopher ( 735:Hispid pocket gopher ( 717:Darien pocket gopher ( 609:Plains pocket gopher ( 582:Desert pocket gopher ( 541:Perote pocket gopher ( 388:10.1093/jmammal/gyv185 339:Heterogeomys heterodus 212:Heterogeomys heterodus 207:variable pocket gopher 170:Heterogeomys heterodus 1064:Orthogeomys_heterodus 1050:Orthogeomys heterodus 1020:Orthogeomys heterodus 925:Idaho pocket gopher ( 861:Camas pocket gopher ( 777:Giant pocket gopher ( 641:Texas pocket gopher ( 619:Geomys jugossicularis 514:Smoky pocket gopher ( 308:: e.T15548A22215071. 294:Orthogeomys heterodus 196:Orthogeomys heterodus 375:Journal of Mammalogy 871:Thomomys nayarensis 846:Thomomys atrovarius 744:Big pocket gopher ( 290:Emmons, L. 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Index

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Geomyidae
Heterogeomys
Binomial name
Peters
Synonyms
rodent
Geomyidae
endemic
Costa Rica
grasslands
tropical forests
habitat loss
United States
dentition
incisor
Orthogeomys
Heterogeomys
"Orthogeomys heterodus"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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