Geomys pinetis

Rafinesque, 1817

Southeastern 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

Rafinesque, C.S. 1817. Descriptions of seven new genera of North American quadrupeds. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review 2(1):44-46.

Original name as described

Geomys pinetis

Other common names

Sandy Mounder · Colonial Pocket Gopher · Cumberland Island Pocket Gopher · Goff's Pocket Gopher · Sherman's Pocket Gopher

Type locality

in the region of the pines, Georgia, USA. Restricted by F. Harper in 1952 to "Screven County, Georgia."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(FL,GA,AL)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001863

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 colonus

Bangs, 1898

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

colonus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5001

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5001

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756024

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Geomys cumberlandius

Bangs, 1898

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

cumberlandius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5016

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-5016

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756026

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Geomys floridanus austrinus

Bangs, 1898

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

austrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-6983

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-6983

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756023

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Geomys tuza goffi

Sherman, 1944

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

goffi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-7222

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-7222

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club

Name usages

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

Geomys fontanelus

H. B. Sherman, 1940

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

fontanelus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UF:MAM:12292 (= HBS 2097)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/uf/mammals?id=43eb2456-7019-4f1f-abae-62c59ff6ecfb

Authority page

341

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Geomys tuza mobilensis

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

mobilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:33988 (= USNM:MAMM:A46023)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ca0097a0-4cc8-47f0-8377-31307181f986

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811050

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1895:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14560)
  2. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)

Cricet. pineti

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

pineti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523822

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Geomys pinetis austrinus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

austrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Geomys pinetis colonus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

colonus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Geomys pinetis cumberlandius

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

cumberlandius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Geomys pinetis floridanus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Geomys pinetis fontanelus

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

fontanelus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Geomys pinetis pinetis

J. L. Patton, 2005

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

pinetis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Geomys pinetis mobilensis

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

mobilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

245

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Mus tuza

(Barton, 1806)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

tuza

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

488

Authority publication

Magazin für den Neuesten Zustand der Naturkunde

Name usages

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

Geomys pinetis

Rafinesque, 1817

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

pinetis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

45

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42589/115192878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Geomys pineti

LeConte, 1852

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

pineti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779695

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Pseudostoma Floridana

(Audubon & Bachman, 1854)

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

242

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53706696

Authority publication

New York

Geomys tuza

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

tuza

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

599

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306393

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. True (1885:599, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Merriam (1895:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14560)

Geomys tuza floridanus

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

floridanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811046

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Merriam (1895:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14560)

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