Southeastern pocket gopher
| Southeastern pocket gopher | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Geomys |
| Species: | G. pinetis |
| Binomial name | |
| Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817 | |
| Subspecies | |
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G. p. austrinus | |
The southeastern pocket gopher, Geomys pinetis, is a species of pocket gopher that is native to the southeastern United States. It occurs in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, where it is the only pocket gopher.
References
- ↑ Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Hammerson, G.) (2008). Geomys pinetis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
Further reading
- Ecological Engineers: Southeastern Pocket Gophers are one of Nature's Architects - University of Florida fact sheet
- J. L. Patton (2005). "Geomys pinetis". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 859–870. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.