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Geomys  Rafinesque, 1817
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180214

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Ascomys Lichtenstein, 1825
  
    Diplostoma Rafinesque, 1817
  
    Mamgeomyscus Herrera, 1899
  
    Neterogeomys Gazin, 1942
  
    Parageomys Hibbard, 1944
  
    Progeomys Dalquest, 1983
  
    Pseudostoma Say, 1823
  
    Saccophorus Kuhl, 1820
  
  Common Name(s): Eastern Pocket Gophers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2012   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderCastorimorpha A. E. Wood, 1955  
                                     FamilyGeomyidae Bonaparte, 1845 – Pocket Gophers  
                                        GenusGeomys Rafinesque, 1817 – Eastern Pocket Gophers  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Geomys arenarius Merriam, 1895 – Tuza arenera, Desert Pocket Gopher 
                                           Species Geomys attwateri Merriam, 1895 – Attwater's Pocket Gopher 
                                           Species Geomys breviceps Baird, 1855 – Mer Rouge pocket gopher, Baird's Pocket Gopher 
                                           Species Geomys bursarius (Shaw, 1800) – Plains Pocket Gopher 
                                           Species Geomys jugossicularis Hooper, 1940  
                                           Species Geomys knoxjonesi Baker and Genoways, 1975 – Knox Jones's Pocket Gopher, Jones's Pocket Gopher, Jones' pocket gopher 
                                           Species Geomys lutescens Merriam, 1890  
                                           Species Geomys personatus True, 1889 – Tuza texana, Texas Pocket Gopher 
                                           Species Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817 – Southeastern Pocket Gopher 
                                           Species Geomys texensis Merriam, 1895 – Central Texas Pocket Gopher, Llano Pocket Gopher 
                                           Species Geomys tropicalis Goldman, 1915 – Tropical Pocket Gopher 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Geomys    
       
  Expert: James L. Patton  
  Notes: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720   
  Reference for: Geomys    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Geomys   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Geomys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Geomys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Geomys   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Geomys, Eastern Pocket Gophers [English]   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: Revised by Merriam (1895a). Species boundaries in this genus, as in other pocket gophers, are difficult to define. Complex relationships have been described for several diagnosable geographic units based on a variety of contact zone analyses that have employed morphological, karyological, allozyme, and/or mitochondrial and nuclear DNA biochemical analyses. These have indicated varying degrees of hybridization between geographically differentiated forms, and authors have varied in their reco...  
 

 

    

 
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