Geomys knoxjonesi

R. J. Baker & Genoways, 1975

Jones's Pocket Gopher

Also as Knox Jones's Pocket Gopher.
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Location:USA, TX, Gaines co., NE Seminole, 32.880056, -102.260778Date taken:3 April 2021Description:Also as Knox Jones's Pocket Gopher.

Distribution :

W Texas and SE New Mexico (USA).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6320

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

Baker, R.J. and Genoways, H.H. 1975. A new subspecies of Geomys bursarius (Mammalia: Geomyidae) from Texas and New Mexico. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 29:1-18.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55051517

Original name as described

Geomys bursarius knoxjonesi

Other common names

Knox Jones's Pocket Gopher

Type material

TTU-M19872

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"4.1 mi. N, 5.1 mi. E Kermit, Winkler Co., Texas, " USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(NM, TX)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001860

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Geomys bursarius knoxjonesi

R. J. Baker & Genoways, 1975

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

knoxjonesi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TTU-M19872

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

4.1 mi. N. 5.1 mi. E Kermit, Winkler Co., Texas

Type locality

United States: Texas: Winkler County, Texas.

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55051517

Authority publication

Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University

Name usages

Hall (1981:499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)

Geomys knoxjonesi:

D. E. Wilson & S. Ruff, 1999

Family

Geomyidae

Root name

knoxjonesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

486

Authority publication

Vancouver

Name usages

Wilson & Ruff (1999:486) (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 #136258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001860) (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/136258/22218149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Álvarez-Castañeda & Segura-Trujillo (2025:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68853)

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