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title: "Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher"
description: "Cratogeomys castanops — Ssaki. The yellow-faced pocket gopher (Cratogeomys castanops) is a species of pocket gopher that is native to shortgrass prairies in the south-western United States and northern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/yellow-faced-pocket-gopher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher

> Cratogeomys castanops — Ssaki. The yellow-faced pocket gopher (Cratogeomys castanops) is a species of pocket gopher that is native to shortgrass prairies in the south-western United States and northern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Cratogeomys castanops*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 228
- Wikidata: [Q921341](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q921341)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74207](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74207)

## Names

- en: Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher
- de: Gelbgesicht-Taschenratte
- es: Tuza cara amarilla
- fr: Rat à poche mexicain
- nl: Mexicaanse goffer

## Countries with the most observations

MX (147), US (54)

## Summary

The yellow-faced pocket gopher (Cratogeomys castanops) is a species of pocket gopher that is native to shortgrass prairies in the south-western United States and northern Mexico. It is the species that lives north of the Southern Coahuila Filter-Barrier (SCFB). Among the different species, the yellow-faced pocket gopher has a small to medium-sized skull. The fossil of this genus was recorded from the pre-Pleistocene Benson Beds of Arizona.
The yellow-faced pocket gopher has a yellowish-brown coat, a short tail, and one deep groove down the anterior middle of each incisor.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Rafael Torres · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39689632

## Machine access

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