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

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in the family Geomyidae. It is

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to the

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in the southcentral United States. This species was named in honor of English

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Henry Philemon Attwater.

References

Attwater's Pocket Gopher Endemic rodents of the United States Mammals described in 1895 Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam {{Geomyidae-stub