Geomys personatus
F. W. True, 1889
Texas 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
Authority citation
True, F.W. 1889-01-05. Description of _Geomys personatus_ and _Dipodomys compactus_, two new species of rodents from Padre Island, Texas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11:159-160.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7608261Original name as described
Geomys personatus
Other common names
Masked Pocket Gopher · South Texas Pocket Gopher · Del Rio Pocket Gopher · Nueces Pocket Gopher · Padre Island Pocket Gopher · Rio Grande Pocket Gopher · Seaside Pocket Gopher
Type material
USNM:MAMM:19667 (= USNM:MAMM:A37999), USNM:MAMM:19668 (= USNM:MAMM:A38000)
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38bc271c9-780d-4f74-ab12-7ac5e1cb3a0b http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ead66df8-18e8-474e-9e00-b922b07d2ad9Type locality
"Padre Island, [Cameron Co.], Texas," USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States · Mexico
Subregion distribution
USA(TX)
Taxonomy notes
previously included G. streckeri
Taxonomy notes citation
Sudman, P. D., Wickliffe, J. K., Horner, P., Smolen, M. J., Bickham, J. W., & Bradley, R. D. (2006). Molecular systematics of pocket gophers of the genus Geomys. Journal of Mammalogy, 87(4), 668-676.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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