Oriental Basin pocket gopher: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Cratogeomys fulvescens
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 Oriental Basin pocket gopher live?

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

The Oriental Basin 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 Oriental Basin pocket gopher?

The Oriental Basin pocket gopher (Cratogeomys fulvescens) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Geomyidae, genus Cratogeomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Oriental Basin pocket gopher

The Oriental Basin pocket gopher (Cratogeomys fulvescens) is a species of pocket gopher which is endemic to Mexico. It was first described in 1895 by Clinton Hart Merriam. It was considered to be a subspecies of Merriam's pocket gopher (Cratogeomys merriami) in the late 20th and early 21st century but has been reinstated as its own species. The IUCN Red List has evaluated it to be of least concern.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Oriental Basin pocket gopher (revision 1366538966), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2070345 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).