Geomys

Geomys
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Geomys
Rafinesque, 1817
Type species
Geomys bursarius
Shaw, 1800
Species

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The genus Geomys contains 12 species of pocket gophers[1] often collectively referred to as the eastern pocket gophers. Like all pocket gophers, members of this genus are fossorial herbivores.

  1. ^ Search results for "Geomys" on the ASM Mammal Diversity Database.