Smoky pocket gopher: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Cratogeomys fumosus
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 smoky pocket gopher live?

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

The smoky 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 smoky pocket gopher?

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

About the smoky pocket gopher

The smoky pocket gopher (Cratogeomys fumosus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in Mexico, in the states of Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan, Guanajuato, Queretaro, Hidalgo, Estado de Mexico, and the Mexican Federal District.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Molecular phylogenetics has revealed that this species also includes the animals formerly separated as C. gymnurus, C. neglectus, C. tylorhinus and C. zinseri.

Four subspecies are recognized:

C. f. fumosus Merriam, 1892

C. f. angustirostris Merriam, 1903

C. f. imparilis Goldman 1939

C. f. tylorhinus Merriam, 1895

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Smoky pocket gopher (revision 1366050692), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1762147 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).