Attwater's pocket gopher (Geomys attwateri) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to the Texas Coastal Bend in the southcentral United States.
Attwater's pocket gopher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Geomyidae |
Genus: | Geomys |
Species: | G. attwateri
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Binomial name | |
Geomys attwateri Merriam, 1895
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Synonyms | |
Geomys bursarius attwateri |
This species was named in honor of English naturalist Henry Philemon Attwater.[2]