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Geomys texensis (Llano pocket gopher)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Geomys texensis was named by Merriam (1895). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. floridanus
Entered
by J. Marcot on 2026-06-30; modified by J. Marcot on 2026-06-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Geomys texensis Merriam p. 137
2025Geomys texensis Álvarez-Castañeda and Segura-Trujillo p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
suborderSupramyomorpha
infraorderCastorimorphi
familyGeomyidaeBonaparte 1845
subfamilyGeomyinaeBonaparte 1845
tribeGeomyiniRussell 1968
genusGeomysRafinesque 1817
speciestexensisMerriam 1895

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.

Geomys texensis Merriam 1895 [Llano pocket gopher]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 11:11:38
Modified: 2012-05-14 20:11:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Stein 2000
Collections
No collection or age range data are available