Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Parent taxon: Geomyini according to S. T. Álvarez-Castañeda and C. A. Segura-Trujillo 2025
See also Alroy 2002, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Caribeomys, Cratogeomys, Heterogeomys, Orthogeomys, Pappogeomys, Zygogeomys
Subtaxa: Geomys adamsi Geomys arenarius Geomys bisulcatus Geomys breviceps Geomys bursarius Geomys carranzai Geomys jacobi Geomys jugossicularis Geomys knoxjonesi Geomys lutescens Geomys mobilensis Geomys personatus Geomys pinetis Geomys quinni Geomys streckeri Geomys texensis Geomys tropicalis
Type: Geomys pinetis
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (124: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (31: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (1: Indiana)
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 159 collections including 161 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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