Geomys arenarius

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Desert Pocket Gopher

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Location:USA, TX, El Paso co., near FabensDate taken:12 May 2023

Distribution :

Extreme W Texas, SW and SC New Mexico (USA); N Chihuahua (Mexico).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6846

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Castorimorphi
Superfamily: Geomyoidea
Family: Geomyidae
Subfamily: Geomyinae
Tribe: Geomyini
Genus: Geomys
Subgenus: Geomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1895-01-31. Revision of the pocket gophers, family Geomyidæ, exclusive of the species of Thomomys. North American Fauna 8:1-262.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811070

Original name as described

Geomys arenarius

Other common names

Sand Pocket Gopher · Rio Grande Pocket Gopher · Tularosa Pocket Gopher

Type material

USNM:MAMM:18117 (= USNM:MAMM:A25015)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33dcc42c8-1678-40a0-81dd-e59cca491909

Type locality

"El Paso, [El Paso Co.], Texas, " USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(NM, TX)

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001855

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Geomys arenarius

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

arenarius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:18117 (= USNM:MAMM:A25015)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

El Paso, Texas

Type locality

United States: Texas: El Paso County, Texas: 31°45′36″N, 106°29′13″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33dcc42c8-1678-40a0-81dd-e59cca491909

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811070

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Merriam (1895:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14560)
Trouessart (1897:572, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:468, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Bailey (1905:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
Hall & Kelson (1959:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)
Russell (1968:528, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4385169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13316)
Anderson (1972:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
Corbet & Hill (1980:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Hall (1981:501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Patton (1993:469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69021)
Wilson & Ruff (1999:480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72377)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9054/22218401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

Geomys arenarius brevirostris

E. R. Hall, 1932

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

brevirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:50460

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

east edge of [white] sand [9 mi. W. Tularosa], Tularosa-Hot Springs Road, Otero County, New Mexico [brackets original]

Type locality

United States: New Mexico: Otero County, New Mexico.

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:50460

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35459349

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Hall & Kelson (1959:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)
Hall (1981:501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Wilson & Ruff (1999:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72377)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

Geomys arenarius arenarius:

E. R. Hall & Kelson, 1959

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

arenarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

452

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Hall & Kelson (1959:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69357)
Anderson (1972:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
Hall (1981:501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
Wilson & Ruff (1999:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72377)
Patton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8529)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

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