Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Plains Pocket Gopher
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Geomorpha
()
- (Thaler, 1966) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Geomyoidea
()
- (Bonaparte, 1845) Weber, 1904
- Superfamily:
Geomyoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Geomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Geomys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. arenarius (Desert Pocket Gopher) · G. arenarius arenarius (Desert Pocket Gopher) · G. arenarius brevirostris (White Sands Pocket Gopher) · G. attwateri (Attwater's Pocket Gopher) · G. breviceps (Baird's Pocket Gopher) · G. bursarius (Plains Pocket Gopher) · G. bursarius bursarius (Plains Pocket Gopher) · G. bursarius lutescens (Plains Pocket Gopher) · G. bursarius ozarkensis (Ozark Pocket Gopher) · G. knoxjonesi (Knox Jones's Pocket Gopher) · G. personatus (South Texas Pocket Gopher) · G. personatus davisi (Davis Pocket Gopher) · G. personatus fuscus (Roi Grande Pocket Gopher) · G. personatus maritimus (Maritime Pocket Gopher) · G. personatus personatus (South Texas Pocket Gopher) · G. personatus streckeri (Carrizo Springs Pocket Gopher) · G. pinetis (Cumberland Island Picket Gopher) · G. pinetis colonus (Colonial Pocket Gopher) · G. pinetis cumberlandius (Cumberland Island Picket Gopher) · G. pinetis fontanelus (Sherman's Pocket Gopher) · G. pinetis goffi (Goff's Pocket Gopher) · G. pinetis pinetis (Southeastern Pocket Gopher) · G. streckeri (Carrizo Springs Pocket Gopher) · G. texensis (Central Texas Pocket Gopher) · G. texensis bakeri (Baker's Pocket Gopher) · G. tropicalis (Tropical Pocket Gopher)
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Further Reading
- North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url .
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 217, p. 220.
- Relationships of pocket gophers of the genus Geomys from the Central and Northern Great Plains / by Lawrence R. Heaney and Robert M. Timm. 1983 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1983. url , p. 10, fig. 1, page 11, fig. 6, page 31, fig. 9, page 36, fig. 13, page 45, fig. 17, page 49.
- The rodents of Iowa, by Dayton Stoner. .. Des Moines, Iowa Geological Survey, 1918. url p. 11.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 7 1952 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 141, p. 223, p. 234.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 04, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5711531
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 623999
