Geomys lutescens

C. H. Merriam, 1890

Sand Hills Pocket Gopher

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Castorimorphi
Family : Geomyidae
Subfamily : Geomyinae
Tribe : Geomyini
Genus : Geomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1890-10-08. Description of a new pocket gopher of the genus Geomys, from western Nebraska. North American Fauna 4:51-52.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799842

Original name as described

Geomys bursarius lutescens

Other common names

Pale Pocket Gopher

Type material

USNM:MAMM:16677 (= USNM:MAMM:A23595)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ad89562d-11cd-4a1d-af34-44f38dfa9a87

Type locality

"Sand Hills, Birdwood Creek, Lincoln County, Nebraska," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WY,NE,SD,CO)

Taxonomy notes

split from G. bursarius

Taxonomy notes citation

Chambers, R. R., Sudman, P. D., & Bradley, R. D. (2009). A phylogenetic assessment of pocket gophers (Geomys): evidence from nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Journal of Mammalogy, 90(3), 537-547.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001861

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Geomys lutescens levisagittalis

Swenk, 1940

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

levisagittalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:97911

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:97911

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Missouri Valley Fauna

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Geomys lutescens vinaceus

Swenk, 1940

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

vinaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:97912

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:97912

Authority page

7

Authority publication

Missouri Valley Fauna

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Geomys lutescens hylaeus

Blossom, 1938

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

hylaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 77890

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Geomys bursarius lutescens

C. H. Merriam, 1890

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

lutescens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:16677 (= USNM:MAMM:A23595)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ad89562d-11cd-4a1d-af34-44f38dfa9a87

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799842

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Geomys lutescens

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

lutescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811058

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1895:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14560)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Geomys busarius hylaeus

R. H. Baker & Glass, 1951

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

hylaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566982

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Geomys bursarius levisagittalis

R. H. Baker & Glass, 1951

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

levisagittalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566982

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Geomys bursarius vinaceus

R. H. Baker & Glass, 1951

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

vinaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

56

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566982

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

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