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Cratogeomys gymnurus (Llano pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Geomys gymnurus was named by Merriam (1892). It is extant.

It was recombined as Platygeomys gymnurus by Merriam (1895) and Goldman (1939); it was recombined as Pappogeomys gymnurus by Hooper (1946), Russell (1968), Genoways and Jones (1969) and Hall (1981); it was recombined as Cratogeomys gymnurus by Russell (1953), DeWalt et al. (1993) and Monterrubio et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Geomys gymnurus Merriam
1895Platygeomys gymnurus Merriam
1939Platygeomys gymnurus Goldman
1946Pappogeomys gymnurus Hooper
1953Cratogeomys gymnurus Russell
1968Pappogeomys gymnurus Russell
1969Pappogeomys gymnurus Genoways and Jones
1981Pappogeomys gymnurus Hall
1993Cratogeomys gymnurus DeWalt and et al.
2000Cratogeomys gymnurus Monterrubio et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
genusCratogeomysMerriam 1895
speciesgymnurus(Merriam 1892)

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.

Cratogeomys gymnurus Merriam 1892 [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: fossorialf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:06:30
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available