Cratogeomys merriami

(O. Thomas, 1893)

Merriam's Pocket Gopher

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Castorimorphi
Superfamily: Geomyoidea
Family: Geomyidae
Subfamily: Geomyinae
Tribe: Geomyini
Genus: Cratogeomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1893-10-01. On some of the larger species of Geomys. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)12(70):269-273.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344043

Original name as described

Geomys merriami

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1870.6.20.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45bd8cd1-a7bc-4d87-850e-7a68713d8af7 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d5539b3a-3c50-46e6-b715-f35254540279

Type locality

"S. Mexico." Restricted by C. H. Merriam in 1895 to "probably the Valley of Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. fulvescens and C. perotensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Hafner, M.S., Light, J.E., Hafner, D.J., Brant, S.V., Spradling, T.A. and Demastes, J.W. 2005. Cryptic species in the Mexican pocket gopher Cratogeomys merriami. Journal of Mammalogy 86(6):1095-1108. doi:10.1644/05-MAMM-A-064R1.1

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001852

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 9 names and synonyms.

Geomys merriami

O. Thomas, 1893

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1870.6.20.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

S. Mexico

Type locality

Mexico.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45bd8cd1-a7bc-4d87-850e-7a68713d8af7 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d5539b3a-3c50-46e6-b715-f35254540279

Authority page

271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344043

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Cratogeomys merriami:

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811083

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Merriam (1895:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14560)
Trouessart (1897:573, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:469, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Miller (1912:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
Nelson & Goldman (1934:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34575399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16624)
Miller & Kellogg (1955:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7670118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5718)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16028/22217011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

Cratogeomys oreocetes

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

oreocetes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:57963

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mount Popocatepetl, Mexico (altitude, 11, 000 feet)

Type locality

Mexico: Mexico State: 19°3′N, 98°37′48″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d9af71fd-14b3-4884-8838-66be09aff889

Authority page

156

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811087

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Merriam (1895:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14560)
Trouessart (1897:573, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:469, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Miller (1912:247, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Cratogeomys peregrinus

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

peregrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:57964

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mount Iztaccihuatl, Mexico (latitude 11, 500 feet)

Type locality

Mexico: Mexico State.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37ac06f5a-509a-4db2-b278-e7207bb8b5bf

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811089

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Merriam (1895:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14560)
Trouessart (1897:573, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:469, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Miller (1912:247, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Cratogeomys merriami merriami:

E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1934

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34575399

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Nelson & Goldman (1934:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34575399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16624)
Miller & Kellogg (1955:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7670118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5718)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Cratogeomys merriami oreocetes:

E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1934

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

oreocetes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34575399

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Nelson & Goldman (1934:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34575399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16624)
Miller & Kellogg (1955:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7670119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5718)

Cratogeomys merriami peregrinus:

E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1934

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

peregrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34575399

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Nelson & Goldman (1934:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34575399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16624)
Miller & Kellogg (1955:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7670119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5718)

Cratogeomys merriami saccharalis

E. W. Nelson & E. A. Goldman, 1934

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

saccharalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:55347

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico (altitude 5, 400 feet)

Type locality

Mexico: Puebla: 18°54′32″N, 98°26′16″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33632dde2-cca1-4107-9774-4b0915d79977

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34575399

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Nelson & Goldman (1934:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34575399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16624)
Miller & Kellogg (1955:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7670119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5718)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Pappogeomys merriami:

R. J. Russell, 1968

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

536

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4385177

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Russell (1968:536, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4385177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13316)
Corbet & Hill (1980:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:380, 381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Patton (1993:472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69021)

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