Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817 . 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).