Southeastern Pocket Gopher

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Geomys pinetis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Geomys
Species: G. pinetis
Binomial name
Geomys pinetis
(Rafinesque, 1817)
Subspecies

Geomys pinetis austrinus
Geomys pinetis colonus
Geomys pinetis cumberlandius
Geomys pinetis floridanus
Geomys pinetis goffi
Geomys pinetis fontanelus

The Southeastern Pocket Gopher, Geomys pinetis, is the only pocket gopher in its range. It occurs in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.

[edit] References

  • Patton, J. L. 2005. Family Geomyidae. Pp. 859-870 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.