Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817

James L. Patton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 469-476 : 470

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scientific name	Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817
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Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817 View in CoL . Amer. Monthly Mag., 2:45.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Georgia, in the region of the pines (restricted to Screven Co. by Harper, 1952) .

DISTRIBUTION: C Florida to S Georgia and S Alabama ( USA).

SYNONYMS: austrinus Bangs, colonus Bangs , cumberlandius Bangs , floridanus Audubon and Bachman, fontanelus Sherman, goffi Sherman, mobilensis Merriam, tuza Barton.

COMMENTS: Mus tuza Barton, 1806 , a senior synomym of pinetis according to Merriam (1895a), was considered of uncertain application and not available by Harper (1952). Laerm (1981) supported the specific status of cumberlandius . Reviewed by Pembleton and Williams (1978, Mammalian Species, 86), Williams and Genoways (19806), and Wilkins (19876).