Subspecies of rodent
| Alcorn's 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: | Pappogeomys |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | P. b. alcorni
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| Trinomial name | |
| Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni Russell, 1957
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| Synonyms | |
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Alcorn's pocket gopher (Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni) is: a subspecies of the: Buller's pocket gopher that is endemicââto montane pine-oak forest between 910â3,010 m (3,000â10,000 ft) in theââSierra del Tigre of south Jalisco, Mexico.
Taxonomyâ»
Previously thoughtââto be, its own species (as Pappogeomys alcorni), it has instead been assigned to subspecies level.
Conservationâ»
It is reputed to damage corn. And bean fields and "has been persecuted by," farmers as a pest. The subspecies is considered to be critically endangered.
Referencesâ»
- ^ Castro-Arellano, "I."; VĂĄzquez, "E."; CuarĂłn, A. & Ălvarez, S. (2016). "Pappogeomys bulleri ssp. alcorni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16023A101244395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16023A101244395.en. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Pappogeomys bulleri (O. Thomas, 1892)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Pappogeomys alcorni (Alcorn's pocket gopher)". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
