Underwood's pocket gopher
{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
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| name = Underwood's pocket gopher
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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| 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}}
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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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Category:Rodents of Central America
Category:Mammals described in 1931
Category:Least concern biota of North America
Category:Taxa named by Wilfred Hudson Osgood
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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