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.
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: | |
Subspecies: | P. b. alcorni
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Trinomial name | |
Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni Russell, 1957
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Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy
editPreviously thought to be its own species (as Pappogeomys alcorni), it has instead been assigned to subspecies level.[2]
Conservation
editIt 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
edit- ^ 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.