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Cratogeomys  Merriam, 1895
Taxonomic Serial No.: 900136

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Craterogeomys J. A. Allen, 1895
  
    Platygeomys Merriam, 1895
  
    Pappogeomys (Cratogeomys) Merriam, 1895
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2012   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderCastorimorpha A. E. Wood, 1955  
                                     FamilyGeomyidae Bonaparte, 1845 – Pocket Gophers  
                                        GenusCratogeomys Merriam, 1895  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Cratogeomys castanops (Baird, 1852) – Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher 
                                           Species Cratogeomys fulvescens Merriam, 1895 – Oriental Basin Pocket Gopher 
                                           Species Cratogeomys fumosus (Merriam, 1892) – Smoky Pocket Gopher 
                                           Species Cratogeomys goldmani Merriam, 1895 – Goldman's Pocket Gopher, Goldman's Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher 
                                           Species Cratogeomys merriami (Thomas, 1893) – Merriam's Pocket Gopher 
                                           Species Cratogeomys perotensis Merriam, 1895 – Cofre de Perote Pocket Gopher 
                                           Species Cratogeomys planiceps (Merriam, 1895)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hafner, David J., Mark S. Hafner, Gerald L. Hasty, Theresa A. Spradling, and James W. Demastes  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: Evolutionary relationships of pocket gophers   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 89, no. 2   
  Page(s): 190-208   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-2372   
  Notes: doi: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-001.1   
  Reference for: Cratogeomys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hafner, Mark S., Jessica E. Light, David Hafner, Sara Brant, Theresa Spradling, and James Demastes  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Cryptic species in the Mexican pocket gopher Cratogeomys merriami   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 86, no. 6   
  Page(s): 1095-1108   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-2372   
  Notes: doi: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-064R1.1   
  Reference for: Cratogeomys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hafner, Mark S., Theresa A. Spradling, Jessica E. Light, David J. Hafner, and John R. Demboski  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematic revision of pocket gophers of the Cratogeomys gymnurus species group   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 85, no. 6   
  Page(s): 1170-1183   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-2372   
  Notes: doi: 10.1644/BER-122.1   
  Reference for: Cratogeomys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Cratogeomys   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: Revised by Nelson and Goldman (1934a) and Russell (1968a, b), who included Cratogeomys as a valid subgenus of Pappogeomys, a position followed by Hall (1981) and Patton (1993). However, Honeycutt and Williams (1982), based on a phylogenetic analysis of allozyme data, and DeWalt et al. (1993a) and Demastes et al. (2002), using mitochondrial DNA sequences, confirmed Russell?s hypothesis of the sister relationship between Pappogeomys and Cratogeomys, but treated the two as separate genera. Whi...  
 

 

    

 
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