Biology:Alcorn's pocket gopher
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Short description: Subspecies of rodent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Pappogeomys |
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| Subspecies: | P. b. alcorni
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| Trinomial name | |
| Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni Russell, 1957
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Alcorn's pocket gopher (Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni) is a subspecies of the Buller's pocket gopher that is endemic to montane pine-oak forest between 910–3,010 m (3,000–10,000 ft) in the Sierra del Tigre of south Jalisco, Mexico.
Taxonomy
Previously thought to be its own species (as Pappogeomys alcorni), it has instead been assigned to subspecies level.[2]
Conservation
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.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Castro-Arellano, I.; Vázquez, E.; Cuarón, A.; Álvarez, 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16023/101244395. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ↑ Template:Cite mdd
- ↑ "Pappogeomys alcorni (Alcorn's pocket gopher)". http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Pappogeomys_alcorni/.
Wikidata ☰ Q1765191 entry
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