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Geomys tropicalis (tropical pocket gopher)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Geomys personatus tropicalis was named by Goldman (1915). It is extant.

It was recombined as Geomys tropicalis by Álvarez-Castañeda and Segura-Trujillo (2025).

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
1915Geomys personatus tropicalis Goldman p. 134
2025Geomys tropicalis 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
speciestropicalis(Goldman 1915)

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 tropicalis Goldman 1915 [tropical 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: Stein 2000, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available