Geomys

Genus of rodents

Geomys
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Geomys
Rafinesque, 1817
Type species
Geomys bursarius
Shaw, 1800
Species

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The genus Geomys contains 12 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

References

  1. ^ a b Search results for "Geomys" on the ASM Mammal Diversity Database.
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Extant species of family Geomyidae (Pocket gophers)
Cratogeomys
  • Yellow-faced pocket gopher (C. castanops)
  • Oriental Basin pocket gopher (C. fulvescens)
  • Smoky pocket gopher (C. fumosus)
  • Goldman's pocket gopher (C. goldmani)
  • Merriam's pocket gopher (C. merriami)
  • Perote pocket gopher (C. perotensis)
  • Flat-headed pocket gopher (C. planiceps)
Geomys
(Eastern pocket gophers)
  • Desert pocket gopher (G. arenarius)
  • Attwater's pocket gopher (G. attwateri)
  • Baird's pocket gopher (G. breviceps)
  • Plains pocket gopher (G. bursarius)
  • Geomys jugossicularis
  • Knox Jones's pocket gopher (G. knoxjonesi)
  • G. lutescens
  • Texas pocket gopher (G. personatus)
  • Southeastern pocket gopher (G. pinetis)
  • G. streckeri
  • Central Texas pocket gopher (G. texensis)
  • Tropical pocket gopher (G. tropicalis)
Heterogeomys
  • Chiriqui pocket gopher (H. cavator)
  • Cherrie's pocket gopher (H. cherriei)
  • Darien pocket gopher (H. dariensis)
  • Variable pocket gopher (H. heterodus)
  • Hispid pocket gopher (H. hispidus)
  • Big pocket gopher (H. lanius)
  • Underwood's pocket gopher (H. underwoodi)
Orthogeomys
  • Giant pocket gopher (O. grandis)
Pappogeomys
  • Buller's pocket gopher (P. bulleri)
Thomomys
(Smooth-toothed
pocket gophers)
Subgenus Megascapheus
  • Thomomys atrovarius
  • Botta's pocket gopher (T. bottae)
  • Camas pocket gopher (T. bulbivorus)
  • Thomomys nayarensis
  • Thomomys sheldoni
  • Townsend's pocket gopher (T. townsendii)
  • Southern pocket gopher (T. umbrinus)
Subgenus Thomomys
  • Wyoming pocket gopher (T. clusius)
  • Idaho pocket gopher (T. idahoensis)
  • Mazama pocket gopher (T. mazama)
  • Mountain pocket gopher (T. monticola)
  • Northern pocket gopher (T. talpoides)
Zygogeomys
  • Michoacan pocket gopher (Z. trichopus)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Geomys
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