Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher
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The Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys castanops) is a species of pocket gopher
that is native to shortgrass prairie
s in the Southwestern United States
and Northern Mexico
.
The Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher has a yellowish-brown coat, a short tail
, and one deep groove down the anterior middle of each incisor
.
Pocket gopher
The pocket gophers are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. These are the "true" gophers, though several ground squirrels of the family Sciuridae are often called gophers as well...
that is native to shortgrass prairie
Shortgrass prairie
The shortgrass prairie ecosystem of the North American Great Plains is a prairie that includes lands from the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains east to Nebraska and Saskatchewan, including rangelands in Alberta, Wyoming, Montana, North, South Dakota, and Kansas, and extending to the south...
s in the Southwestern United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Northern Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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The Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher has a yellowish-brown coat, a short tail
Tail
The tail is the section at the rear end of an animal's body; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso. It is the part of the body that corresponds roughly to the sacrum and coccyx in mammals, reptiles, and birds...
, and one deep groove down the anterior middle of each incisor
Incisor
Incisors are the first kind of tooth in heterodont mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and mandible below.-Function:...
.
Subspecies
There are currently 19 identified subspecies of Cratogeomys castanops:- C. c. angusticeps
- C. c. bullatus
- C. c. castanops
- C. c. clarkii
- C. c. consitus
- C. c. dalquesti
- C. c. excelsus
- C. c. goldmani
- C. c. hirtus
- C. c. jucundus
- C. c. parviceps
- C. c. perexiguus
- C. c. perplanus
- C. c. pratensi
- C. c. sordidulus
- C. c. subsimus
- C. c. surculus
- C. c. tamaulipensis
- C. c. ustulatus