Taxonomy Profile: Geomys breviceps (Baird 1855)

Geomys breviceps: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Geomys bursarius breviceps
Baird 1855
Common Name(s):
Mer Rouge pocket gopher []
Baird's Pocket Gopher []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Geomys breviceps: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Castorimorpha
Family : Geomyidae
Pocket Gophers |
Genus : Geomys
Eastern Pocket Gophers |
Species : Geomys breviceps
Mer Rouge pocket gopher |
Baird's Pocket Gopher |
Geomys breviceps Direct Children(s):
Geomys breviceps: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Geomys breviceps
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Geomys breviceps
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-01-01 / 1999-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
Page(s):
xxv + 750
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-845-2/
Notes:
Reference for:
Geomys breviceps
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Geomys breviceps
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Sulentich, James M., Lawrence R. Williams, and Guy N. Cameron
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1991-11-06 / 1991-11-06
Article/Chapter Title:
Geomys breviceps
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammalian Species, no. 383
Page(s):
1-4
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Available online at http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/
Reference for:
Geomys breviceps
Geomys breviceps: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
North America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Continental US / Native
Geomys breviceps: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Reviewed by Sulentich et al. (1991, Mammalian Species No. 383). Considered a subspecies of bursarius by Hall (1981) and Patton (1993). Contact zones between breviceps and bursarius studied by Bohlin and Zimmerman (1982) and Zimmerman and Gayden (1981) and between breviceps and attwateri by Tucker and Schmidly (1981), Dowler (1989), and Burt and Dowler (1999). Jolley et al. (2000) examined the phylogenetic position of breviceps relative to other species of Geomys. Two subspecies recognized (...