Heterogeomys hispidus - #5511
Hispid Pocket Gopher
Parous adult female. LSUMZ 36763. Formerly Orthogeomys hispidus.
Geographic Distribution
Yucatan Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, and NW Honduras, to S Tamaulipas (Mexico).
Order/Family
Geomyidae
Genus
Heterogeomys
Specific Epithet
hispidus
Image Location
Mexico, CHS, 12 km by old Hwy 63 NW Ocuilapa, 960 m; 16.891 N, 93.452 W.
Image Date
28 January 2010
Photographer
DF Hafner