Geomys
| Geomys Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent | |
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| Geomys bursarius | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Geomyoidea |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Geomys Rafinesque, 1817 |
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The genus Geomys contains nine species of pocket gophers[1] often collectively referred to as the eastern pocket gophers. Like all pocket gophers, members of this genus are fossorial herbivores.
Species
- Geomys
- Geomys arenarius (desert pocket gopher)
- Geomys attwateri (Attwater's pocket gopher)
- Geomys breviceps (Baird's pocket gopher)
- Geomys bursarius (plains pocket gopher)
- Geomys knoxjonesi (Knox Jones's pocket gopher)
- Geomys personatus (Texas pocket gopher)
- Geomys pinetis (southeastern pocket gopher)
- Geomys texensis (llano pocket gopher)
- Geomys tropicalis (tropical pocket gopher)
References
- ↑ Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Geomyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 861–864. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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