Geomys arenarius Merriam 1895

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 859-870 : 862

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scientific name	Geomys arenarius Merriam 1895
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Treatment

Geomys arenarius Merriam 1895 , N. Amer. Fauna, 8: 139.

Type Locality: USA, Texas, El Paso Co., El Paso.

Vernacular Names: Desert Pocket Gopher.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Geomys arenarius subsp. arenarius Merriam 1895

Subspecies Geomys arenarius subsp. brevirostris Hall 1932

Distribution: Extreme W Texas, SW and SC New Mexico ( USA); N Chihuahua ( Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lowered Risk (nt).

Discussion: Reviewed by Williams and Baker (1974, Mammalian Species No. 36) and Williams and Genoways (1978). Considered a subspecies of bursarius by Hafner and Geluso (1983); phylogenetic separation of arenarius and bursarius established by Jolley et al. (2000).