Geomys attwateri Merriam 1895

Geomys attwateri Merriam 1895, N. Amer. Fauna, 8: 135.

Type Locality: USA, Texas, Caldwell Co., Rockport.

Vernacular Names: Attwater's Pocket Gopher.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Geomys attwateri subsp. attwateri Merriam 1895

Subspecies Geomys attwateri subsp. ammophilus Davis 1940

Distribution: SC coast of Texas (USA).

Discussion: Reviewed by Williams and Cameron (1991, Mammalian Species No. 382). Considered a subspecies of bursarius by Hall (1981) and Patton (1993) but a distinct species by Tucker and Schmidly (1981) and Block and Zimmerman (1991). Burt and Dowler (1999) reviewed the evidence for species status and Jolley et al. (2000) documented a phylogenetic relationship to personatus, not bursarius .