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Geomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Geomys was named by Rafinesque (1817). It is extant. It is the type genus of Geomyidae.

It was assigned to Pseudotomina by Gray (1825); and to Geomyidae by Rafinesque (1817), Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Geomys Rafinesque
1825Geomys Gray p. 342
1902Geomys Hay p. 730
1944Parageomys Hibbard
1980Geomys Kurten and Anderson p. 227
1997Geomys McKenna and Bell
1997Parageomys McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyGeomyidaeBonaparte 1845
genusGeomysRafinesque 1817

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Geomys Rafinesque 1817
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Geomys adamsi Hibbard 1967
Geomys bisulcatus Marsh 1871
Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 [plains pocket gopher]
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Invalid names: Geomys parvidens Gidley 1922 [synonym]
Geomys carranzai Lindsay and Jacobs 1985
Geomys jacobi Hibbard 1967
Geomys lutescens Merriam 1890
Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817 [southeastern pocket gopher]
Geomys quinni McGrew 1944
Geomys tobinensis Hibbard 1944
Invalid names: Parageomys Hibbard 1944 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available