Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Castorimorpha 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Superordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Castorimorpha

Familia: Geomyidae
Genus: Geomys
Species: Geomys knoxjonesi

Name

Geomys knoxjonesi Baker & Genoways, 1975

  • Holotype: TTU 19872, adult ♀, skin, skul and skeleton, collected by Stephen L. Williams on 24 January 1974.
  • Type locality: “4.1 mi. N, 5.1 mi. E Kermit, Winkler Co., Texas”.

Combinations

  • Geomys bursarius knoxjonesi Baker & Genoways, 1975: 1 [original combination, as subspecies]
  • Geomys knoxjonesi: Baker, Davis, Bradley, Hamilton & van Den Bussche, 1989: 74 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Native distribution areas

  • United States (W Texas and SE New Mexico)

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: Knox Jones’s Pocket Gopher
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