Tropical Pocket Gopher

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The tropical pocket gopher (Geomys tropicalis) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to Mexico and has no subspecies. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.The species biggest threat is due to habitat loss.This habitat loss is due to the increase in agriculture, urbanization and industrialization which is fragmenting their habitat in the nearby cities of Altamira and Tampico. Due to this animal living primarily underground, it is difficult to learn information about the species. This poses an extinction risk because they are typically go unnoticed in their environment, especially to the public. Therefore, the tropical pocket gopher could go extinct without anyone realizing.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Geomys tropicalis Goldman, 1915

Name authority

Goldman, 1915

Common name

Tropical Pocket Gopher

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Geomyidae

Genus

Geomys

Extinction status

Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. megaclassTetrapoda
8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
11. orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
12. suborderCastorimorpha A. E. Wood, 1955
13. familyGeomyidae Bonaparte, 1845
14. subfamilyGeomyinae Bonaparte, 1845
15. tribeGeomyini Bonaparte, 1845
16. genusGeomys Rafinesque, 1817
17. speciesGeomys tropicalis Goldman, 1915

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Geomys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Browse 32 records assigned to Geomyidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=625202 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3FQCB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.