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Geomyidae

12 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Rodentia › Geomyidae

Geomys attwateri Merriam, 1895

Geomys attwateri, or Attwater's pocket gopher, is a Geomyidae rodent endemic to Texas Coastal Bend, named for naturalist Henry Philemon Attwater.

Geomys breviceps Baird, 1855

Baird's pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) is a small-to-medium solitary rodent that lives in underground burrows in eastern Texas.

Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817

Geomys pinetis, the southeastern pocket gopher, is a burrowing rodent native to the southeastern United States that can be a crop pest.

Geomys bursarius (Shaw, 1800)

Geomys bursarius, the plains pocket gopher, is a fossorial North American rodent adapted to burrowing living in Great Plains grasslands and similar habitats.

Geomys personatus True, 1889

Geomys personatus (Texas pocket gopher) is a pocket gopher found in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico with specific size and color traits.

Geomys texensis Merriam, 1895

Geomys texensis, the central Texas pocket gopher, is a genetically distinct pocket gopher species native to central Texas with three geographically separated subspecies.

Cratogeomys castanops (Baird, 1852)

Cratogeomys castanops, the yellow-faced pocket gopher, is a pocket gopher species native to shortgrass prairies of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

Cratogeomys fumosus (Merriam, 1892)

Cratogeomys fumosus, the smoky pocket gopher, is a Geomyidae rodent endemic to Mexico's Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.

Cratogeomys merriami (Thomas, 1893)

Merriam's pocket gopher (Cratogeomys merriami) is a Geomyidae rodent endemic to central Mexico, not currently considered threatened.

Orthogeomys hispidus (Le Conte, 1852)

The hispid pocket gopher is a Geomyidae rodent found in Central America, with recent classification placing it in Heterogeomys rather than Orthogeomys.