Geomys

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

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Geomys distribution

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

Species

Extant species include:

Extinct species:

References

  1. 1 2 Search results for "Geomys" on the ASM Mammal Diversity Database Archived 2020-10-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  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.