| 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. The Miocene is a geological epoch of the Neogene period and extends from about 23 UserPolbot. -->The Plains Pocket Gopher ( Geomys bursarius) is a species of Rodent in the Geomyidae Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands Rodentia is an order of Mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must Geomyoidea is a superfamily of Rodent that contains the pocket gophers ( Geomyidae) the kangaroo rats and mice ( Heteromyidae) and their Fossil The pocket gophers are burrowing Rodents of the family Geomyidae. Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe ( October 22 1783 - September 18 1840) was a nineteenth-century A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. The pocket gophers are burrowing Rodents of the family Geomyidae. Like all pocket gophers, members of this genus are fossorial herbivores. A fossorial is an Organism adapted to digging and life underground such as the Badger, the Naked mole rat, and the mole salamanders Ambystomatidae Herbivory is a form of Predation in which an Organism, known as a herbivore, consumes principally Autotrophs ref name=Campbell>Campbell
Species
- 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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