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Cratogeomys (pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Cratogeomys was named by Merriam (1895). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pappogeomys by Hall (1981), Honacki et al. (1982), Wilson and Reeder (1993) and Czaplewski et al. (1999).

It was assigned to Geomyidae by Merriam (1895), Schultz and Howard (1935), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Honeycutt and Williams (1982), Jones et al. (1986), DeWalt et al. (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Monterrubio et al. (2000).

Synonyms
  • Platygeomys was named by Merriam (1895).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Pappogeomys by Hooper (1946), Russell (1968), Genoways and Jones (1969) and Hall (1981); it was synonymized subjectively with Cratogeomys by Russell (1953), DeWalt et al. (1993) and Monterrubio et al. (2000).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Cratogeomys Merriam
1895Platygeomys Merriam
1935Cratogeomys Schultz and Howard p. 280
1980Cratogeomys Kurten and Anderson p. 229
1982Cratogeomys Honeycutt and Williams
1986Cratogeomys Jones and et al.
1993Cratogeomys DeWalt and et al.
1997Cratogeomys McKenna and Bell
2000Cratogeomys Monterrubio et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyGeomyidaeBonaparte 1845
genusCratogeomysMerriam 1895

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cratogeomys Merriam 1895 [pocket gopher]
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Cratogeomys bensoni Gidley 1922
Cratogeomys castanops Baird 1852 [yellow-faced pocket gopher]
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Invalid names: Geomys clarkii Baird 1855 [synonym]
Cratogeomys fumosus Merriam 1892 [smoky pocket gopher]
Cratogeomys gymnurus Merriam 1892 [Llano pocket gopher]
Cratogeomys merriami Thomas 1893 [Merriam's pocket gopher]
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Invalid names: Cratogeomys estor Merriam 1895 [synonym], Cratogeomys fulvescens Merriam 1895 [synonym], Cratogeomys perotensis Merriam 1895 [synonym]
Cratogeomys neglectus Merriam 1902 [Querétaro pocket gopher]
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Invalid names: Platygeomys planiceps Merriam 1895 [synonym], Platygeomys varius Goldman 1939 [synonym]
Cratogeomys zinseri Goldman 1939 [Zinser's pocket gopher]
Invalid names: Platygeomys Merriam 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available