Goldman's pocket gopher: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Goldman's pocket gopher lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cratogeomys goldmani
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Geomyidae

Where does the Goldman's pocket gopher live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Goldman's pocket gopher in 1 country or territory across North America.

Mexico

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Goldman's pocket gopher endangered?

The Goldman's pocket gopher’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Goldman's pocket gopher?

The Goldman's pocket gopher (Cratogeomys goldmani) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Geomyidae, genus Cratogeomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Goldman's pocket gopher

Goldman's pocket gopher (Cratogeomys goldmani) is a species of rodent in the pocket gopher family. It is distributed throughout northern Mexico. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the yellow-faced pocket gopher. It is named after Edward Alphonso Goldman, who collected the holotype of this species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Goldman's pocket gopher (revision 1366050723), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1768070 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).