Attwater's pocket gopher (''Geomys attwateri'') is a species of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...

in the family Geomyidae. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to the Texas Coastal Bend in the southcentral United States. This species was named in honor of English naturalist Henry Philemon Attwater.

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Attwater's Pocket Gopher Mammals of the United States Mammals described in 1895 {{Geomyidae-stub