The
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
''Geomys'' contains 12
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
of
pocket gophers[Search results for "''Geomys''" on th]
ASM Mammal Diversity Database
often collectively referred to as the eastern pocket gophers. Like all pocket gophers, members of this genus are
fossorial
A fossorial () animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily, but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, meerkats, and mole salamanders, as well as many beetles, wasps, and bees.
Prehistoric e ...
herbivores.
Species
*''Geomys''
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Desert pocket gopher (''Geomys arenarius'')
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Attwater's pocket gopher (''G. attwateri'')
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Baird's pocket gopher (''G. breviceps'')
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Plains pocket gopher (''G. bursarius'')
** ''
Geomys jugossicularis''
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Knox Jones's pocket gopher (''G. knoxjonesi'')
** ''
Geomys lutescens''
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Texas pocket gopher
The Texas pocket gopher (''Geomys personatus'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in Tamaulipas in Mexico and in Texas in the United States.
Description
Males grow to a length of about including a tail of about . Fem ...
(''G. personatus'')
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Southeastern pocket gopher (''G. pinetis'')
** ''
Geomys streckeri''
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Central Texas pocket gopher (''G. texensis'')
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Tropical pocket gopher (''G. tropicalis'')
References
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Pocket gophers
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque