Yellow-faced pocket gopher: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the yellow-faced pocket gopher lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cratogeomys castanops
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Geomyidae

Where does the yellow-faced pocket gopher live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the yellow-faced pocket gopher in 2 countries and territories across North America.

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 yellow-faced pocket gopher endangered?

The yellow-faced 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 yellow-faced pocket gopher?

The yellow-faced pocket gopher (Cratogeomys castanops) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Geomyidae, genus Cratogeomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the yellow-faced pocket gopher

The yellow-faced pocket gopher (Cratogeomys castanops) is a species of pocket gopher that is native to shortgrass prairies in the south-western United States and northern Mexico. It is the species that lives north of the Southern Coahuila Filter-Barrier (SCFB). Among the different species, the yellow-faced pocket gopher has a small to medium-sized skull. The fossil of this genus was recorded from the pre-Pleistocene Benson Beds of Arizona.

The yellow-faced pocket gopher has a yellowish-brown coat, a short tail, and one deep groove down the anterior middle of each incisor.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Yellow-faced pocket gopher (revision 1357458102), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q921341 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).