Geomys personatus True 1889

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 : 863

Geomys personatus True 1889

Geomys personatus True 1889 , Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus ., 11: 159.

Type Locality: USA, Texas, Cameron Co., Padre Isl.

Vernacular Names: Texas Pocket Gopher.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. personatus True 1889

Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. davisi Williams and Genoways 1981

Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. fallax Merriam 1895

Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. fuscus Davis 1940

Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. maritimus Davis 1940

Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. megapotamus Davis 1940

Subspecies Geomys personatus subsp. streckeri Davis 1943

Distribution: S Texas, south of San Antonio and Del Rio, including Padre and Mustang Isls ( USA); barrier beaches of extreme NE Tamaulipas ( Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as G. p. maritimus and G. p. streckeri , Lower Risk (nt) as G. p. fuscus and as G. personatus .

Discussion: Reviewed by Davis (1940), Williams and Genoways (1981), and Williams (1982 a, Mammalian Species No. 170). Subspecies streckeri may warrant specific status, as it does not share a monophyletic relationship with other taxa of personatus based on mitochondrial DNA analyses ( Jolley et al., 2000). Historical distribution and geographic variation examined by Wilkins and Swearingen (1990).