Southeastern pocket gopher
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| Species: | G. pinetis
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| Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817
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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.
Description
The southeastern pocket gopher is rather smaller than the plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius), with a total length of 260 mm (10.2 in) including a tail of about 86 mm (3.4 in). Males are larger than females and average 176 g (6.2 oz) in weight while the females average 136 g (4.8 oz). The dorsal fur is cinnamon brown with the underparts rather paler and tinged with buff or reddish-yellow. The feet and tail are white or pale buff.[2] As with other members of this family, the external cheek pouches can be turned inside-out for grooming purposes.
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2008
- ^ Whitaker, John O.; Hamilton, William John (1998). Mammals of the Eastern United States. Cornell University Press. pp. 259–263. ISBN 0-8014-3475-0.
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.