Big pocket gopher

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Big pocket gopher

| image =

| status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Vázquez, E. |year=2017 |title=Heterogeomys lanius |page=e.T42591A22215417 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T42591A22215417.en}}

| genus = Heterogeomys

| species = lanius

| authority = Elliot, 1905

| synonyms =

• Orthogeomys lanius

}}

The big pocket gopher (Heterogeomys lanius) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.{{BioRef|asm|id=1001872 |title=Heterogeomys lanius |version=1.7 |access-date=22 November 2021}} It is endemic to Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. It has only been found on the southeastern slopes of Pico de Orizaba, at elevations of {{convert|1300|m|ft}}.

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.{{Cite journal|last=Spradling|first=T. A.|last2=Demastes|first2=J. W.|last3=Hafner|first3=D. J.|last4=Milbach|first4=P. L.|last5=Cervantes|first5=F. A.|last6=Hafner|first6=M. S.|date=2016|title=Systematic revision of the pocket gopher genus|url=https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/97/2/405/2459565|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|volume=97|issue=2|pages=405–423|doi=10.1093/jmammal/gyv185|doi-access=free}}