Geomys Rafinesque 1817
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Geomyidae
Geomys

description: Geomys Rafinesque 1817
Geomys Rafinesque 1817, Am. Mon. Mag., 2 (1): 45.
Type Species: Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817
Synonyms: Ascomys Lichtenstein 1825; Diplostoma Rafinesque 1817; Mamgeomyscus Herrera 1899; Neterogeomys Gazin 1942; Parageomys Hibbard 1944; Progeomys Dalquest 1983; Pseudostoma Say 1823; Saccophorus Kuhl 1820.
Species and subspecies: 9 species with 32 subspecies:
Species Geomys attwateri Merriam 1895
Subspecies Geomys attwateri subsp. attwateri Merriam 1895
Subspecies Geomys attwateri subsp. ammophilus Davis 1940
Species Geomys arenarius Merriam 1895
Subspecies Geomys arenarius subsp. arenarius Merriam 1895
Subspecies Geomys arenarius subsp. brevirostris Hall 1932
Species Geomys breviceps Baird 1855
Subspecies Geomys breviceps subsp. breviceps Baird 1855
Subspecies Geomys breviceps subsp. sagittalis Merriam 1895
Species Geomys bursarius (Shaw 1800)
Subspecies Geomys bursarius subsp. bursarius (Shaw 1800)
Subspecies Geomys bursarius subsp. illinoensis Komarek and Spencer 1931
Subspecies Geomys bursarius subsp. industrius Villa and Hall 1947
Subspecies Geomys bursarius subsp. jugossicularis Hooper 1940
Subspecies Geomys bursarius subsp. lutescens Merriam 1890
Subspecies Geomys bursarius subsp. major Davis 1940
Subspecies Geomys bursarius subsp. majusculus Swenk 1939
Subspecies Geomys bursarius subsp. missouriensis McLaughlin 1958
Subspecies Geomys bursarius subsp. ozarkensis Elrod, Zimmerman, Sudman, and Heidt 2000
Subspecies Geomys bursarius subsp. wisconsinensis Jackson 1957
Species Geomys knoxjonesi Baker and Genoways 1975
Species Geomys personatus True 1889
Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. personatus True 1889
Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. davisi Williams and Genoways 1981
Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. fallax Merriam 1895
Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. fuscus Davis 1940
Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. maritimus Davis 1940
Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. megapotamus Davis 1940
Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. streckeri Davis 1943
Species Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817
Subspecies Geomys pinetis subsp. pinetis Rafinesque 1817
Subspecies Geomys pinetis subsp. austrinus Bangs 1898
Subspecies Geomys pinetis subsp. colonus (Bangs 1898)
Subspecies Geomys pinetis subsp. cumberlandius (Bangs 1898)
Subspecies Geomys pinetis subsp. floridanus (Audubon and Bachman 1853)
Subspecies Geomys pinetis subsp. fontanelus (Sherman 1940)
Species Geomys texensis Merriam 1895
Subspecies Geomys texensis subsp. texensis Merriam 1895
Subspecies Geomys texensis subsp. bakeri Smolen, Pitts, and Bickham 1993
Subspecies Geomys texensis subsp. llanensis Bailey 1905
Species Geomys tropicalis Goldman 1915
Discussion: Revised by Merriam (1895 a). Species boundaries in this genus, as in other pocket gophers, are difficult to define. Complex relationships have been described for several diagnosable geographic units based on a variety of contact zone analyses that have employed morphological, karyological, allozyme, and/or mitochondrial and nuclear DNA biochemical analyses. These have indicated varying degrees of hybridization between geographically differentiated forms, and authors have varied in their recognition of these entities at the specific or subspecific levels. Hall (1981) recognized five species (arenarius, bursarius, personatus, pinetis, and tropicalis). While this set of taxa was regarded as an incomplete recognition of likely species in the genus, Patton (1993) followed Hall, waiting until workers of the genus reached consensus. This has now been achieved, with the nine species listed below generally recognized (see Elrod et al., 2000; Jolley et al., 2000). Baker and Williams (1974) and Hall (1981) provide keys to some species of Geomys, and Davis and Schmidly (1994) reviewed and mapped the species that occur in Texas. Phylogenetic relationships among species have been examined by comparative karyology (Smolen and Bickham, 1994, 1995), mitochondrial DNA sequences (Jolley et al., 2000), and morphometrics (Mauk et al., 1999). Qumsiyeh et al. (1988 a) summarized karyotypic diversity in the genus.
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, pp. 859-870 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 861, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535