Alcorn's pocket gopher

{{Short description|Subspecies of rodent}}

{{subspeciesbox

| name = Alcorn's pocket gopher

| image =

| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Castro-Arellano, I.|author2=Vázquez, E.|author3=Cuarón, A.|author4=Álvarez, S.|name-list-style=amp |year=2016|title=Pappogeomys bulleri ssp. alcorni |page= e.T16023A101244395 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16023A101244395.en |access-date=23 November 2021}}

| genus = Pappogeomys

| species = bulleri

| subspecies = alcorni

| authority = Russell, 1957

| synonyms =

  • Pappogeomys alcorni

}}

Alcorn's pocket gopher (Pappogeomys bulleri alcorni) is a subspecies of the Buller's pocket gopher that is endemic to montane pine-oak forest between {{cvt|910|-|3,010|m|-3}} in the Sierra del Tigre of south Jalisco, Mexico.

Taxonomy

Previously thought to be its own species (as Pappogeomys alcorni), it has instead been assigned to subspecies level.{{cite mdd |title=Pappogeomys bulleri (O. Thomas, 1892) |id=1001875 |access-date=26 April 2023}}

Conservation

It is reputed to damage corn and bean fields and has been persecuted by farmers as a pest. The subspecies is considered to be critically endangered.{{Cite web |url=http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Pappogeomys_alcorni/ |title=Pappogeomys alcorni (Alcorn's pocket gopher) |access-date=2009-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604000421/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Pappogeomys_alcorni/ |archive-date=2012-06-04 |url-status=dead }}

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