Darien pocket gopher

Darien pocket gopher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Geomyidae
Genus:	Heterogeomys
Species:	H. dariensis
Binomial name
Heterogeomys dariensis (Goldman, 1912)
Synonyms
Orthogeomys dariensis Orthogeomys thaeleri

The Darien pocket gopher (Heterogeomys dariensis) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It occurs in Panama and Colombia. ^[2] Some authors classify it in the genus Orthogeomys , but later research has allowed this and its related species to be classified in the genus Heterogeomys . ^[3]

It includes the Thaeler's pocket gopher (H. d. thaeleri), endemic to Colombia as a subspecies. Previously, this subspecies was considered a separate species. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. Samudio, R. (2016). "Heterogeomys dariensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T96802987A22215131. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T96802987A22215131.en . Retrieved 22 November 2021. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
2. "Heterogeomys dariensis". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.7. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 22 November 2021.
3. Spradling, T. A.; Demastes, J. W.; Hafner, D. J.; Milbach, P. L.; Cervantes, F. A.; Hafner, M. S. (2016). "Systematic revision of the pocket gopher genus" . Journal of Mammalogy. 97 (2): 405–423. doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv185 .
4. Anderson, R.P.; Gómez-Laverde, M.; Samudio, R. & McCarthy, T. (2016). "Heterogeomys dariensis ssp. thaeleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2021.