Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Alcorn's pocket gopher
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This species is poorly known. It is found in pine-oak forests
with
iron-rich soils (Ceballos and Oliva 2005).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 4 Grassland
- 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Geomorpha
()
- (Thaler, 1966) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Geomyoidea
()
- (Bonaparte, 1845) Weber, 1904
- Family:
Geomyidae
()
- (Bonaparte, 1845) Gill, 1872
- Subfamily:
Geomyinae
()
- Tribe:
Geomyini
()
- Genus:
Pappogeomys
()
- Merriam, 1895
- Specific name:
alcorni
- Russell, 1957
- Scientific name: - Pappogeomys alcorni Russell, 1957
- Specific name:
alcorni
- Russell, 1957
- Genus:
Pappogeomys
(
- Tribe:
Geomyini
(
- Subfamily:
Geomyinae
(
- Family:
Geomyidae
(
- Superfamily:
Geomyoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Geomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 22-Apr-2004
This species is probably conspecific
with Pappogeomys bulleri
(Patton 2005).[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Pappogeomys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. alcorni (Alcorn's Pocket Gopher) · P. bulleri (Buller's Pocket Gopher) · P. castanops (Yellow-Faced Pocket Gopher) · P. castanops castanops (Yellow-Faced Pocket Gopher) · P. fumosus (Smoky Pocket Gopher) · P. gymnurus (Llano Pocket Gopher) · P. merriami (Merriam's Pocket Gopher) · P. merriami merriami (Merriam's Pocket Gopher) · P. neglectus (Querétaro Pocket Gopher) · P. tylorhinus (Naked-Nosed Pocket Gopher) · P. tylorhinus tylorhinus (Naked-Nosed Pocket Gopher) · P. zinseri (Zinser's Pocket Gopher)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1969 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 143.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 9 1957 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 360, p. 534, p. 571, p. 583, p. 593, p. 594, p. 595, p. 599, p. 600, p. 616, p. 759, p. 767, p. 768.
Notes
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Contributors
- Baillie, J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Baillie, J. 1996. Pappogeomys alcorni. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Castro-Arellano, I., Vázquez, E., Cuarón, A. & Álvarez, S. 2008. Pappogeomys alcorni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNMA/Coleccion Nacional de Mamiferos
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 110198
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-625214
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 625214
- IUCN ID: 229800
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8833
Footnotes
- Castro-Arellano, I., Vázquez, E., Cuarón, A. & Álvarez, S. 2008. Pappogeomys alcorni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
