Giant pocket gopher

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Giant pocket gopher

| image =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Vázquez, E.|author2=Emmons, L.|author3=McCarthy, T. |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |title=Orthogeomys grandis |errata=2017 |page=e.T42590A115193029 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42590A22214994.en |access-date= 18 February 2025}}

| genus = Orthogeomys

| parent_authority = Merriam, 1895

| species = grandis

| authority = (Thomas, 1893)

| synonyms =

• Orthogeomys cuniculus
  Elliot, 1905{{BioRef|asm|id=1001874 |title=Orthogeomys grandis |version=1.7 |access-date=22 November 2021}}

}}

The giant pocket gopher (Orthogeomys grandis), also known as the Oaxacan pocket gopher, is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. It is the type species of the genus Orthogeomys; some zoologists also include in this genus species that have recently been placed in 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|url-access=subscription}}

It is {{cvt|22-30|cm|0}} long, and {{cvt|480-985|g|lb|0}} in weight.{{cite web |url=http://animalsbirds.com/giant-pocket-gopher-rodent/|title=Giant Pocket Gopher Rodent|access-date=26 May 2019}}