| Chiriqui pocket gopher | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Heterogeomys |
| Species: | H. cavator |
| Binomial name | |
| Heterogeomys cavator (Bangs, 1902) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Chiriqui pocket gopher (Heterogeomys cavator) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Some authors classify it in the genus Orthogeomys, but recent research has allowed this and its related species to be classified in the genus Heterogeomys.
References
- Samudio, R. (2016). "Orthogeomys cavator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15544A22214782. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15544A22214782.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- "Heterogeomys cavator". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.7. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- Spradling, T. A.; Demastes, J. W.; Hafner, D. J.; Milbach, P. L.; Cervantes, F. A.; Hafner, M. S. (2016). "Systematic revision of the pocket gopher genus". Journal of Mammalogy. 97 (2): 405–423. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyv185.
| Extant species of family Geomyidae (Pocket gophers) | |||||
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| Cratogeomys | |||||
| Geomys (Eastern pocket gophers) |
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| Heterogeomys | |||||
| Orthogeomys | |||||
| Pappogeomys | |||||
| Thomomys (Smooth-toothed pocket gophers) |
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| Zygogeomys | |||||
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| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Orthogeomys cavator | |
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