Southeastern pocket gopher
Appearance
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Species: | G. pinetis
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Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817
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G. p. austrinus |
The southeastern pocket gopher, Geomys pinetis, is a species of pocket gopher that is native to the southeastern United States. It occurs in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, where it is the only pocket gopher.
References
Further reading
- Ecological Engineers: Southeastern Pocket Gophers are one of Nature's Architects - University of Florida fact sheet
- J. L. Patton (2005). "Geomys pinetis". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 859–870. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.