Geomys

Geomys
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Geomys
Rafinesque, 1817
Type species
Geomys bursarius
Shaw, 1800
Species

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The genus Geomys contains 12 extant species of pocket gophers[1] often collectively referred to as the eastern pocket gophers. Like all pocket gophers, members of this genus are fossorial herbivores.

Species

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Extant species include:[1]

Extinct species:

References

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  1. ^ a b Search results for "Geomys" on the ASM Mammal Diversity Database.
  2. ^ Martin, Robert A. (9 June 2016). "Geomys tyrioni, a new species of early Pleistocene dwarf pocket gopher from the Meade Basin of southwestern Kansas". Journal of Mammalogy. 97 (3): 949–959. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyw024. ISSN 0022-2372. Retrieved 15 December 2024 – via Oxford Academic.