Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Hispid pocket gopher FAMILY - Geomyidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Orthogeomys hispidus REFERENCES - 2 and 3 District Reference Toledo 2 Belize 2 Cayo 2 Stann Creek 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Slate Creek Preserve 9 Caracol Archaeological Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Dry season 6 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Dry season 5 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Permanent 4 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Permanent 8 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 7 Columbia River Forest Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Permanent 9 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Collected as voucher February 11 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher APRIL 11 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher March 11 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Collected as voucher February 12 Government land Collected as voucher December 12 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher September 12 Hydrologic Association Reference New River 11 Raspaculo River 8 Macal River 5 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 9 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 6 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 7 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 9 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 11 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 11 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 11 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 12 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 12 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 12 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 12 Subtropical moist 12 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 12 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 11 Subtropical moist 11 Subtropical moist 11 General Distribution Comments 12* ROM Roaring Creek; Central Farm; Augustine. 11* LSU Belmopan 3 km W; El Cayo, 6 mi. E.; Hillbank. 5* Rubber Camp and Francelia Camp 2* El Cayo type locality O. h. cayoensis found in Belize, Cayo and Stann Creek Districts; O. h. yucatanensis found in Belize, Corozal, Orange Walk and Stann Creek (specimen) Districts; O. h. chiapensis found in Toledo District References 1 McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter 25 (2-3). 2 Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 1:509-512 3 Wilson, D. E., D. M. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World, a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second ed. Smithsonian Inst. p.471 4 Clark, W. 1993. A contribution to the mammals of the Mountain Pine Ridge; Hidden Valley Inn, Cayo District, Belize, Central America. Unpub. report for WCS. pp.7-8 5 Clark, W. C. 1992. Mammal Surveys Along the Macal River in Areas to be Affected by the Belize Electricity Board's Proposed Hydroelectric Project. pp.3-16. Draft report in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Volume II of III. 6 Howell, D. 1990. The Bats of Caracol. Parts I and II. 22 pp. Unpub. report for Wildlife Conservation Society. 7 Rabinowitz, A.; B. G. Nottingham, Jr. 1989. Mammal species richness and relative abundance of small mammals in a subtropical wet forest of Central America. Mammalia V. 53, No. 2, pp.217-226 8 Rodgers, A.D.F.; D. A. Sutton, eds. 1991. Report of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to the Upper Raspaculo. Unpub. report. pp. E-1-1 and E-1-2 9 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.23-25, p. 80 10 Meerman, J. C. 1994. Unpublished data, Slate Creek Preserve. 11 LSU Museum of Natural Science, Belize collection. August 31, 1995. Curator: Mark S. Hafner. 12 ROM. 1995. Collections data from mammal department, Royal Ontario Museum.
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