Goldman's pocket gopher

Goldman's pocket gopher (Cratogeomys goldmani) is a species of rodent in the pocket gopher family.^[1][4][5][6] It is distributed throughout northern Mexico.^[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of the yellow-faced pocket gopher.^[6] It is named after Edward Alphonso Goldman, who collected the holotype of this species.^[7]

Goldman's pocket gopher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Geomyidae
Genus:	Cratogeomys
Species:	C. goldmani
Binomial name
Cratogeomys goldmani (Merriam, 1895)[2]
Subspecies
See text
Synonyms
Pappogeomys goldmani[3]

Subspecies

There are currently seven identified subspecies of Cratogeomys goldmani:^[6]

• C. g. elibatus
• C. g. goldmani
• C. g. maculats
• C. g. peridoneus
• C. g. planifrons
• C. g. rubellus
• C. g. subnubilus