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