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Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher

Cratogeomys castanops

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 104, February 99, March 113, April 214, May 131, June 64, July 57, August 59, September 70, October 75, November 97, December 94.
United States2,077
Texas1,178
New Mexico302
Oklahoma281
Colorado185
Kansas127
Mexico107
Coahuila de Zaragoza74
Durango16
Chihuahua11

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyPocket Gophers · Geomyidae
GenusCratogeomys

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