Michoacan pocket gopher

Michoacan pocket gopher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Zygogeomys
Merriam, 1895
Species:
Z. trichopus
Binomial name
Zygogeomys trichopus
Merriam, 1895

The Michoacan pocket gopher (Zygogeomys trichopus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.[2] It is monotypic within the genus Zygogeomys.[3] It is endemic to Mexico where its natural habitat is temperate, high-altitude forests. Its numbers are declining and it is listed by the IUCN as "endangered".[1]

  1. ^ a b Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Lacher, T.; Vázquez, E.; Arroyo-Cabrales, J. (2018). "Zygogeomys trichopus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T23323A22216603. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T23323A22216603.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Patton, J. L. (2005). "Family Geomyidae". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 870. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Hafner, Mark S.; Barkley, Linda J. (1984). "Genetics and Natural History of a Relictual Pocket Gopher, Zygogeomys (Rodentia: Geomyidae)". Journal of Mammalogy. 65 (3): 474–479. doi:10.2307/1381094. JSTOR 1381094.