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SPECIES Geomys personatus
Author: | True, 1889. | Citation: | Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 11: 159. | Common Name: | Texas Pocket Gopher. | Type Locality: | USA, Texas, Cameron Co., Padre Isl. | Distribution: | S Texas, south of San Antonio and Del Rio, including Padre and Mustang Isls (USA); barrier beaches of extreme NE Tamaulipas (Mexico). | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable as G. p. maritimus and G. p. streckeri, Lower Risk (nt) as G. p. fuscus and as G. personatus. | Comments: | Reviewed by Davis (1940), Williams and Genoways (1981), and Williams (1982a, Mammalian Species No. 170). Subspecies streckeri may warrant specific status, as it does not share a monophyletic relationship with other taxa of personatus based on mitochondrial DNA analyses (Jolley et al., 2000). Historical distribution and geographic variation examined by Wilkins and Swearingen (1990). |
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