Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) heterodus (Peters 1865)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 859-870 : 865

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11339546

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scientific name

Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) heterodus (Peters 1865)
status

 

Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) heterodus (Peters 1865) View in CoL

[Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys)] heterodus ( Peters 1865) View in CoL , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 177.

Type Locality: Costa Rica, exact locality unknown.

Vernacular Names: Variable Pocket Gopher.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) heterodus subsp. heterodus ( Peters 1865)

Subspecies Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) heterodus subsp. cartagoensis (Goodwin 1943)

Subspecies Orthogeomys (Macrogeomys) heterodus subsp. dolichocephalus (Merriam 1895)

Distribution: C Costa Rica.

Conservation: IUCN – Lowered Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Macrogeomys . Reviewed by Goodwin (1946). Phylogenetic relationships given by Hafner (1991).

Goodwin, G. G. 1946. Mammals of Costa Rica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 87: 271 - 471.

Hafner, M. S. 1991. Evolutionary genetics and zoogeography of Middle American pocket gophers, genus Orthogeomys. Journal of Mammalogy, 72: 1 - 10.

Peters, W. 1865. Note on the systematic position of Platacanthomys lasiurus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1865: 397 - 399.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Geomyidae

Genus

Orthogeomys

SubGenus

Orthogeomys