A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Geomyidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Oriental Basin Pocket GopherCratogeomys fulvescens Merriam, 1895 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Goldman's Pocket GopherCratogeomys goldmani Merriam, 1895 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Merriam's Pocket GopherCratogeomys merriami (Thomas, 1893) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desert Pocket GopherGeomys arenarius Merriam, 1895 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Attwater's Pocket GopherGeomys attwateri Merriam, 1895 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Baird's Pocket GopherGeomys breviceps Baird, 1855 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plains Pocket GopherGeomys bursarius (Shaw, 1800) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hall's Pocket GopherGeomys jugossicularis Hooper, 1940 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jones' pocket gopherGeomys knoxjonesi Baker & Genoways, 1975 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sand Hills Pocket GopherGeomys lutescens Merriam, 1890 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Texas Pocket GopherGeomys personatus True, 1889 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| South-eastern Pocket GopherGeomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Strecker's Pocket GopherGeomys streckeri Davis, 1943 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Central Texas Pocket GopherGeomys texensis Merriam, 1895 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tropical Pocket GopherGeomys tropicalis Goldman, 1915 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hispid Pocket GopherHeterogeomys (Heterogeomys) hispidus (Le Conte, 1852) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Big Pocket GopherHeterogeomys (Heterogeomys) lanius Elliot, 1905 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Variable Pocket GopherHeterogeomys (Macrogeomys) heterodus (Peters, 1865) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Mexico pocket gopherMegascapheus connectens (Hall, 1936) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fulvus Pocket GopherMegascapheus fulvus (Woodhouse, 1852) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern California Pocket GopherMegascapheus laticeps (Baird, 1855) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Megascapheus ruidosae (Hall, 1932) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sheldon's Pocket GopherMegascapheus sheldoni (Bailey, 1915) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Pocket GopherMegascapheus umbrinus (Richardson, 1829) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant Pocket GopherOrthogeomys grandis (Thomas, 1893) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buller's Pocket GopherPappogeomys bulleri (Thomas, 1892) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wyoming Pocket GopherThomomys clusius Coues, 1875 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Idaho Pocket GopherThomomys idahoensis Merriam, 1901 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Pocket GopherThomomys mazama Merriam, 1897 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Pocket GopherThomomys monticola J. A. Allen, 1893 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Pocket GopherThomomys talpoides (Richardson, 1828) | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Michoacan Pocket GopherZygogeomys trichopus Merriam, 1895 | GeomyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.