Geomys

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The list of species of Geomys genus

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

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The list of species of Geomys genus

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

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Plains pocket gopher

Geomys bursarius

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 Great...

Southeastern pocket gopher

Geomys pinetis

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.

Texas pocket gopher

Geomys personatus

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.

Desert pocket gopher

Geomys arenarius

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.

Goff's pocket gopher

Geomys pinetis goffi

Goff's southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis goffi ) was a pocket gopher endemic to Brevard County, Florida, United States. The last sightings recorded were in 1955. They burrowed and lived mostly underground eating mainly underground...

Baird's pocket gopher

Geomys breviceps

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 attwateri, G....

Attwater's pocket gopher

Geomys attwateri

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 Henry Philemon Attwater.

Central Texas pocket gopher

Geomys texensis

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.

Knox Jones's pocket gopher

Geomys knoxjonesi

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 small...

Tropical pocket gopher

Geomys tropicalis

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.