Goldman's pocket gopher, (''Cratogeomys goldmani'') is a

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in the

pocket gopher Pocket gophers, commonly referred to simply as gophers, are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. The roughly 41 speciesSearch results for "Geomyidae" on thASM Mammal Diversity Database are all endemic to North and Central America. They are ...

family. It is distributed throughout northern

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Subspecies

There are currently seven identified subspecies of ''Cratogeomys goldmani'': * ''C. g. elibatus'' * ''C. g. goldmani'' * ''C. g. maculats'' * ''C. g. peridoneus'' * ''C. g. planifrons'' * ''C. g. rubellus'' * ''C. g. subnubilus''

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