Hispid pocket gopher

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Hispid pocket gopher

| image =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Vázquez, E. |author2=Emmons, L. |author3=Reid, F. |author4=Cuarón, A.D. |year=2016 |errata=2017 |title=Orthogeomys hispidus |volume=2016 |page=e.T15549A115127668 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T15549A22214917.en |access-date=22 November 2021}}

| genus = Heterogeomys

| species = hispidus

| authority = (Le Conte, 1852)

| synonyms =

• Geomys hispidus
• Orthogeomys hispidus{{BioRef|asm|id=1001871 |title=Heterogeomys hispidus |version=1.7 |access-date=22 November 2021}}

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The hispid pocket gopher (Heterogeomys hispidus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. 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}}