- Geomys
Taxobox
name = "Geomys"
fossil_range = LateMiocene - Recent
image_caption = "Geomys bursarius "
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Rodent ia
superfamilia =Geomyoidea
familia =Geomyidae
genus = "Geomys"
genus_authority = Rafinesque, 1817
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See textThegenus "Geomys" contains ninespecies ofpocket gophers often collectively referred to as the eastern pocket gophers. Like all pocket gophers, members of this genus arefossorial herbivores .pecies
*"Geomys"
**"Geomys arenarius " (Desert pocket gopher)
**"Geomys attwateri " (Attwater's pocket gopher)
**"Geomys breviceps " (Baird's pocket gopher)
**"Geomys bursarius " (Plains pocket gopher)
**"Geomys knoxjonesi " (Jones pocket gopher)
**"Geomys personatus "(Texas pocket gopher)
**"Geomys pinetis " (Southeastern pocket gopher)
**"Geomys texensis " (Llano pocket gopher)
**"Geomys tropicalis " (Tropical pocket gopher)
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