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''Geomys'' contains 12 extant

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

pocket gophers Pocket gophers, commonly referred to simply as gophers, are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. The roughly 41 speciesSearch results for "Geomyidae" on thASM Mammal Diversity Database are all Endemism, endemic to North and Central America. ...

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often collectively referred to as the eastern pocket gophers. Like all pocket gophers, members of this genus are

fossorial A fossorial animal () is one that is adapted to digging and which lives primarily (but not solely) underground. Examples of fossorial vertebrates are Mole (animal), moles, badgers, naked mole-rats, meerkats, armadillos, wombats, and mole salamand ...

herbivores A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically evolved to feed on plants, especially upon vascular tissues such as foliage, fruits or seeds, as the main component of its diet. These more broadly also encompass animals that eat ...

Species

Extant species include: *

Desert pocket gopher The desert pocket gopher (''Geomys arenarius'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is found in the state of Chihuahua in Mexico and in Texas and New Mexico in the United States. Description ''Geomys arenarius'' is a medium s ...

(''Geomys arenarius'') *

Attwater's pocket gopher Attwater's pocket gopher (''Geomys attwateri'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to the Texas Coastal Bend in the southcentral United States. This species was named in honor of English naturalist Natural hist ...

(''G. attwateri'') *

Baird's pocket gopher Baird's pocket gopher or the Louisiana pocket gopher (''Geomys breviceps'') is a species of pocket gopher that is native to the southern United States. In total, there are three almost identical species of eastern pocket gopher; ''Geomys attwater ...

(''G. breviceps'') *

Plains pocket gopher The plains pocket gopher (''Geomys bursarius'') is one of 35 species of pocket gophers, so named in reference to their externally located, fur-lined cheek pouches. They are burrowing animals, found in grasslands and agricultural land across the G ...

(''G. bursarius'') *

Hall's pocket gopher ''Geomys jugossicularis'', also known as Hall's pocket gopher and Colorado pocket gopher, is a species of pocket gopher native to the western United States (Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska). Little is known of its behavior or ecology aside from ty ...

(''G. jugossicularis'') *

Knox Jones's pocket gopher Knox Jones's pocket gopher (''Geomys knoxjonesi'') is a species of pocket gopher found in Texas and New Mexico. This species is named for Dr. J. Knox Jones Jr. (1929–1992), a prolific mammalogist at Texas Tech University. It is a relatively s ...

(''G. knoxjonesi'') *

Sand Hills pocket gopher ''Geomys lutescens'', also known as the Sand Hills pocket gopher, is a species of pocket gopher native to the western United States (Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, and Nebraska). It is a fossorial rodent that inhabits the Mississippi basin. The ...

(''G. lutescens'') *

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 . F ...

(''G. personatus'') *

Southeastern pocket gopher The southeastern pocket gopher (''Geomys pinetis'') is a species of pocket gopher that is native to the southeastern United States. It occurs in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, where it is the only pocket gopher. Description The southeastern po ...

(''G. pinetis'') *

Strecker's pocket gopher ''Geomys streckeri'', also known as Strecker's pocket gopher, is a species of pocket gopher found in Texas. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Texas pocket gopher. Chromosomal analyses have proven this species to be distinct. Analysis ...

(''G. streckeri'') *

Central Texas pocket gopher The central Texas pocket gopher or Llano pocket gopher (''Geomys texensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to central Texas in the United States. Description The central Texas pocket gopher is very similar in ap ...

(''G. texensis'') *

Tropical pocket gopher The tropical pocket gopher (''Geomys tropicalis'') is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss. Description The tropical pocket gopher is cinnamon ...

(''G. tropicalis'') Extinct species: * †'' Geomys tyrioni''

References

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