Geomys

Geomys
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
Geomys bursarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Geomyoidea
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Geomys
Rafinesque, 1817
Species

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The genus Geomys contains nine 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

References

  1. Patton, J.L. (2005). "Family Geomyidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 861–864. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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