Geomys attwateri Merriam 1895

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 859-870 : 862

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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scientific name	Geomys attwateri Merriam 1895
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Treatment

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 .