Geomys

Geomys; Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
	Geomys bursarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Geomyoidea
Family:	Geomyidae
Genus:	Geomys; Rafinesque, 1817
Species
	See text

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. (eds.). 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.

[MSW3-1] Patton, J. L. (2005). "Family Geomyidae". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). 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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