Geomys
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| Geomys Fossil range: Late Miocene - Recent |
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The genus Geomys contains nine species of pocket gophers often collectively referred to as the eastern pocket gophers. Like all pocket gophers, members of this genus are fossorial herbivores.
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- 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)
