Alcorn's pocket gopher

Alcorn's pocket gopher (Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni) is a subspecies of the Buller's pocket gopher that is endemic to montane pine-oak forest between 910–3,010 m (3,000–10,000 ft) in the Sierra del Tigre of south Jalisco, Mexico.

Alcorn's pocket gopher
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Geomyidae
Genus:	Pappogeomys
Species:	P. bulleri
Subspecies:	P. b. alcorni
Trinomial name
Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni Russell, 1957
Synonyms
Pappogeomys alcorni

Taxonomy

Previously thought to be its own species (as Pappogeomys alcorni), it has instead been assigned to subspecies level.^[2]

Conservation

It is reputed to damage corn and bean fields and has been persecuted by farmers as a pest. The subspecies is considered to be critically endangered.^[1][3]