Chiriqui pocket gopher

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Chiriqui pocket gopher

| image =

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Samudio, R. |date=2016 |title=Orthogeomys cavator |volume=2016 |page=e.T15544A22214782 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T15544A22214782.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Heterogeomys

| species = cavator

| authority = (Bangs, 1902)

| synonyms =

• Orthogeomys cavator

}}

The Chiriqui pocket gopher (Heterogeomys cavator) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.{{BioRef|asm|id=1001867 |title=Heterogeomys cavator |version=1.7 |access-date=22 November 2021}} 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}}