Underwood's pocket gopher

Underwood's pocket gopher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Geomyidae
Genus:	Heterogeomys
Species:	H. underwoodi
Binomial name
Heterogeomys underwoodi (Osgood, 1931)
Synonyms
Macrogeomys underwoodi Orthogeomys underwoodi[2]

Underwood's pocket gopher (Heterogeomys underwoodi) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica.^[2] 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. ^ Roach, N.; Naylor, L. (2016). "Orthogeomys underwoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T42593A22215350. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42593A22215350.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Heterogeomys underwoodi". 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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