Big pocket gopher

Big pocket gopher
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Geomyidae
Genus:	Heterogeomys
Species:	H. lanius
Binomial name
Heterogeomys lanius Elliot, 1905
Synonyms
Orthogeomys lanius

The big pocket gopher (Heterogeomys lanius) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.^[2] It is endemic to Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. It has only been found on the southeastern slopes of Pico de Orizaba, at elevations of 1,300 metres (4,300 ft).^[1]

Some authors classify it in the genus Orthogeomys, but recent research has allowed this and its related species to be classified in the genus Heterogeomys.^[3]

1. ^ ^{a b} Vázquez, E. (2017). "Heterogeomys lanius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T42591A22215417. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T42591A22215417.en.
2. ^ "Heterogeomys lanius". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.7. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
3. ^ Spradling, T. A.; Demastes, J. W.; Hafner, D. J.; Milbach, P. L.; Cervantes, F. A.; Hafner, M. S. (2016). "Systematic revision of the pocket gopher genus". Journal of Mammalogy. 97 (2): 405–423. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyv185.

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