GEOMYIDAE, Bonaporte, 1845

Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Geomyidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 234-269 : 234

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6603807
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6603707
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0131878A-072C-FF83-FE12-FDEF6DE2431A
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	GEOMYIDAE
status

Treatment

Family GEOMYIDAE View in CoL

(POCKET GOPHERS)

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• Small to medium-sized rodents with furlined cheek pouches external to the mouth and adaptations for fossorial life, including large incisors, muscular front legs, and fusiform bodies.

• 15-45 cm. View Figure

• Nearctic and Neotropical regions. View Figure

• Near sea level to timberline in all habitats with friable, non-flooding soils.

• 7 genera, 41 species, at least 314 extant taxa.

• 2 species Critically Endangered, 1 species Endangered; 3 subspecies Extinct since 1600.