Pappogeomys castanops (Baird, 1852)

James L. Patton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 469-476 : 472

Pappogeomys castanops (Baird, 1852) . In Stansbury, Expl. Surv. Valley Great Salt Lake, Utah, App. C(Zool.), p. 313.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Colorado, Bent Co., along prairie road to Bent's Fort, near present town of Las Animas .

DISTRIBUTION: SE Colorado and SW Kansas ( USA) to C San Luis Potosi ( Mexico).

SYNONYMS: angusticeps Nelson and Goldman, bullatus Russell and Baker , clarkii Baird , consitus Nelson and Goldman, elibatus Russell, excelsus Nelson and Goldman, goldmani Merriam , hirtus Nelson and Goldman, jucundus Russell and Baker, lacrimalis Nelson and Goldman, parviceps Russell, perexiguus Russell, peridoneus Nelson and Goldman, perplanus Nelson and Goldman, planifrons Nelson and Goldman, pratensis Russell , rubellus Nelson and Goldman, simulons Russell, sordidulus Russell and Baker, subnubilus Nelson and Goldman, subsimus Nelson and Goldman, surculus Russell, tamaulipensis Nelson and Goldman, torridus, Russell , ustulatus Russell and Baker.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Cratogeomys . Russell (1968b) delineated two subspecies groups, which are karyotypically distinct and may represent separate species (see Berry and Baker, 1972, and Lee and Baker, 1987). Reviewed by Davidow-Henry et al. (1989, Mammalian Species, 338, as Cratogeomys castanops ); subspecies in the US were revised by Hollander (1990).