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Cratogeomys fumosus  (Merriam, 1892)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 900160

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cratogeomys gymnurus russelli Genoways and Jones, 1969
  
  Common Name(s): Smoky Pocket Gopher [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderCastorimorpha A. E. Wood, 1955  
                                     FamilyGeomyidae Bonaparte, 1845 – Pocket Gophers  
                                        GenusCratogeomys Merriam, 1895  
                                           SpeciesCratogeomys fumosus (Merriam, 1892) – Smoky Pocket Gopher  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SubspeciesCratogeomys fumosus angustirostris (Merriam, 1903)  
                                              SubspeciesCratogeomys fumosus fumosus (Merriam, 1892)  
                                              SubspeciesCratogeomys fumosus imparilis (Goldman, 1939)  
                                              SubspeciesCratogeomys fumosus tylorhinus (Merriam, 1895)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Cratogeomys fumosus, Smoky Pocket Gopher [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (nt) as Pappogeomys fumosus  
    Comments: Included in gymnurus species-group by Russell (1968b). However, fumosus is likely a species that includes gynmurus, neglectus, tylorhinus, and zinseri; see Demastes et al. (2002)  
 

 

    


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