Chiriqui pocket gopher | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Geomyidae |
Genus: | Heterogeomys |
Species: | H. cavator |
Binomial name | |
Heterogeomys cavator (Bangs, 1902) | |
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The Chiriqui pocket gopher (Heterogeomys cavator) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. [2] Some authors classify it in the genus Orthogeomys , but recent research has allowed this and its related species to be classified in the genus Heterogeomys . [3]