Underwood's pocket gopher

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Underwood's pocket gopher

| image =

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Roach, N. |author2=Naylor, L. |date=2016 |title=Orthogeomys underwoodi |volume=2016 |page=e.T42593A22215350 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42593A22215350.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Heterogeomys

| species = underwoodi

| authority = (Osgood, 1931)

| synonyms =

  • Macrogeomys underwoodi
  • Orthogeomys underwoodi{{BioRef|asm|id=1001873 |title=Heterogeomys underwoodi |version=1.7 |access-date=22 November 2021}}

}}

Underwood's pocket gopher (Heterogeomys underwoodi) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica. 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}}

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