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.

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 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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