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Geomys lutescens

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Species of rodent

Sand Hills pocket gopher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Geomys
Species: G. lutescens
Binomial name
Geomys lutescens
Merriam, 1890
Synonyms
  • Geomys bursarius lutescens Merriam, 1890

Geomys lutescens, also known as the Sand Hills pocket gopher, is a species of pocket gopher native to the western United States (Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, and Nebraska). It is a fossorial rodent that inhabits the Mississippi basin. The common name is derived from the type locality of Sand Hills.

Taxonomy

Authors have debated for decades whether this is a distinct species or a subspecies of the plains pocket gopher. Recent genetic evidence and the lack of gene flow from other gopher populations has supported this being a distinct species and a sister species to Hall's pocket gopher.

The subspecies G. l. jugossicularis was recently split from the Sand Hills pocket gopher as its own distinct species. The other subspecies, G. l. halli, was later found to be a subspecies of Hall's pocket gopher, leaving this species with no subspecies.

References

  1. ^ Chambers, Ryan R.; Sudman, Philip D.; Bradley, Robert D. (2 June 2009). "A Phylogenetic Assessment of Pocket Gophers (Geomys): Evidence from Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genes". Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (3): 537–547. doi:10.1644/08-MAMM-A-180R1.1.
  2. Merriam, C. Hart (8 October 1890). "Description of a new pocket gopher of the genus Geomys, from western Nebraska" (PDF). North American Fauna. 4: 51. doi:10.3996/nafa.4.0010. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  3. Wilson; Reeder. "Mammal Species of The World Third Edition". Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World Third Edition. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  4. Sudman, Jerry R.; Wickliffe, Jeffrey K.; Horner, Peggy; Smolen, Michael J.; Bickham, John W.; Bradley, Robert D. (24 August 2006). "Molecular Systematics of Pocket Gophers of the Genus Geomys". Journal of Mammalogy. 87 (4): 668–676. doi:10.1644/05-MAMM-A-349R2.1.
Taxon identifiers
Geomys lutescens
Geomys bursarius lutescens
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