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

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

Scientific name	Cratogeomys merriami
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 Merriam's pocket gopher live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Merriam'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 Merriam's pocket gopher endangered?

The Merriam'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 Merriam's pocket gopher?

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

About the Merriam's pocket gopher

Merriam's pocket gopher (Cratogeomys merriami) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is found in the area of the Valley of Mexico and the Valley of Toluca at elevations from 1800 to 4000 m. Its favored habitats are the Zacatonal grassland and temperate pine-oak woodlands, as well as farmland and rangeland. Its karyotype has 2n = 36 and FN = 68.

Until 2005, what are now considered the separate species C. fulvescens and C. perotensis were included within this taxon. They were split off due to clear molecular, chromosomal and morphological differences. All three species are part of the C. castanops species group.

The species is named after American mammalogist Clinton Hart Merriam.

Although its distribution is patchy, it is not thought to be threatened.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Merriam's pocket gopher (revision 1314643185), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1765852 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).