Geomys breviceps

Geomys breviceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Castorimorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Castorimorpha

Familia: Geomyidae
Genus: Geomys
Species: Geomys breviceps
Subspecies (2): G. b. breviceps – G. b. sagittalis

Name

Geomys breviceps Baird, 1855: 355

• Holotype: USNM 156/1138, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by James Fairie.
• Type locality: “Morehouse Parish, La. [=Louisiana]”.

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. 1855. Characteristics of some New Species of North American Mammalia, collected chiefly in connection with the U.S. Surveys of a Railroad Route to the Pacific. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 333–336. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Baird’s Pocket Gopher