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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/7608261

Original 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-b922b07d2ad9

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001862

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 personatus

F. W. True, 1889

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

personatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

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-b922b07d2ad9

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7608261

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1895:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14560)
  2. Bailey (1905:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  3. Hall & Kelson (1959:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)
  4. Russell (1968:528, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4385169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13316)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Hall (1981:502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  9. Patton (1993:470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69021)
  10. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  11. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  12. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9055/22218317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  18. Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

Geomys personatus fallax

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

fallax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:32031 (= USNM:MAMM:A43845)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/370adc373-fb69-47da-8ae5-44cb0dbf4726

Authority page

144

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811075

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1895:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14560)
  2. Bailey (1905:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  3. Hall & Kelson (1959:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)
  4. Hall (1981:502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  5. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

Geomys personatus fuscus

W. B. Davis, 1940

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

AMNH M-12691, AMNH MO-10985

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-12691 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-10985

Authority page

30

Authority publication

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin

Name usages

  1. Hall & Kelson (1959:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)
  2. Hall (1981:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  3. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

Geomys personatus maritimus

W. B. Davis, 1940

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

maritimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TCWC:Mamm:608

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin

Name usages

  1. Hall & Kelson (1959:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)
  2. Hall (1981:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  3. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

Geomys personatus megapotamus

W. B. Davis, 1940

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

megapotamus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TCWC:Mamm:794

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin

Name usages

  1. Hall & Kelson (1959:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)
  2. Hall (1981:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  3. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

Geomys personatus personatus

E. R. Hall & Kelson, 1959

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

personatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

452

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Hall & Kelson (1959:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)
  2. Hall (1981:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  3. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

Geomys personatus davisi

S. L. Williams & Genoways, 1981

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

davisi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 48689

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

459

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52335223

Authority publication

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

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