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title: "Smoky Pocket Gopher"
description: "Cratogeomys fumosus — Ssaki. The smoky pocket gopher (Cratogeomys fumosus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/smoky-pocket-gopher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Smoky Pocket Gopher

> Cratogeomys fumosus — Ssaki. The smoky pocket gopher (Cratogeomys fumosus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.

- Scientific name: *Cratogeomys fumosus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 512
- Wikidata: [Q1762147](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1762147)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74209](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74209)

## Names

- en: Smoky Pocket Gopher
- de: Rußige Taschenratte
- es: Tuza del Eje Neovolcánico

## Countries with the most observations

MX (478)

## Summary

The smoky pocket gopher (Cratogeomys fumosus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in Mexico, in the states of Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan, Guanajuato, Queretaro, Hidalgo, Estado de Mexico, and the Mexican Federal District.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Molecular phylogenetics has revealed that this species also includes the animals formerly separated as C. gymnurus, C. neglectus, C. tylorhinus and C. zinseri.
Four subspecies are recognized:

C. f. fumosus Merriam, 1892
C. f. angustirostris Merriam, 1903
C. f. imparilis…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoky_pocket_gopher

## Photo

![Smoky Pocket Gopher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/smoky-pocket-gopher/medium.jpg)

Photo: evn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103552694

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/smoky-pocket-gopher?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).