Geomys texensis Merriam 1895

Geomys texensis Merriam 1895, N. Amer. Fauna, 8: 137.

Type Locality: USA, Texas, Mason Co., Mason.

Vernacular Names: Central Texas Pocket Gopher.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Geomys texensis subsp. texensis Merriam 1895

Subspecies Geomys texensis subsp. bakeri Smolen, Pitts, and Bickham 1993

Subspecies Geomys texensis subsp. llanensis Bailey 1905

Distribution: SC Texas (USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lowered Risk (nt) as G. texensis and as G. t. bakeri.

Discussion: Considered a subspecies of bursarius by Hall (1981) and Patton (1993). Block and Zimmerman (1991), Smolen et al. (1993), and Jolley et al. (2000) provided evidence for species status. Reviewed by Cramer and Cameron (2001, Mammalian Species No. 679).