Geomys personatus maritimus

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Overview

Vulnerable

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 33 meters (108 feet).[1]

Ecology: Geomys is described as preferring loose , sandy soils in open or sparsely wooded areas. They are fossorial animals, spending most of their lives underground. These pocket gophers apparently live alone with each animal having its own burrow system . Diet consists of underground vegetation (roots , bulbs and rhizomes), occasionally eating surface vegetation within easy reach of the burrow entrance. G. personatus produces two litters of 3-4 young each year (October-February).[2]


List of Habitats :8.1Desert - Hot

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Geomys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 59 species and subspecies in this genus:

G. adamsi · G. arenarius (Desert Pocket Gopher) · G. arenarius arenarius (Desert Pocket Gopher) · G. arenarius brevirostris (White Sands Pocket Gopher) · G. attwateri (Attwater's Pocket Gopher) · G. breviceps (Baird's Pocket Gopher) · G. breviceps brazensis · G. breviceps sagittalis · G. bursarius (Plains Pocket Gopher) · G. bursarius arenarius · G. bursarius attwateri · G. bursarius bursarius (Plains Pocket Gopher) · G. bursarius illinoensis · G. bursarius jugossicularis · G. bursarius llanensis · G. bursarius ludemani · G. bursarius lutescens (Plains Pocket Gopher) · G. bursarius lutesceus · G. bursarius major · G. bursarius majusculus · G. bursarius missouriensis · G. bursarius ozarkensis (Ozark Pocket Gopher) · G. carranzai · G. colonus · G. cumberlandius · G. floridanus · G. fontanelus · G. jacobi · G. knoxjonesi (Jones' Pocket Gopher) · G. lutescens · G. lutescens lutescens · G. personatus (South Texas Pocket Gopher) · G. personatus davisi (Davis Pocket Gopher) · G. personatus fallax · G. personatus fuscus (Roi Grande Pocket Gopher) · G. personatus maritimus (Maritime Pocket Gopher) · G. personatus megapotamus · G. personatus personatus (South Texas Pocket Gopher) · G. personatus streckeri (Carrizo Springs Pocket Gopher) · G. pinetis (Southeastern Pocket Gopher) · G. pinetis austrinus · G. pinetis colonus (Colonial Pocket Gopher) · G. pinetis cumberlandius (Cumberland Island Picket Gopher) · G. pinetis fontanelus (Sherman's Pocket Gopher) · G. pinetis goffi (Goff's Southeastern Pocket Gopher) · G. pinetis mobilensis · G. pinetis pinetis (Southeastern Pocket Gopher) · G. pinetus · G. pinetus floridanus · G. quinni · G. streckeri (Carrizo Springs Pocket Gopher) · G. texensis (Llano Pocket Gopher) · G. texensis bakeri (Baker's Pocket Gopher) · G. texensis llanensis · G. texensis texensis · G. tobinensis · G. tropicalis (Tropical Pocket Gopher) · G. tuza · G. tuza Tuza

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Further Reading

• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Hafner, D.J., Yensen, E. and Kirkland, Jr., G.L. (compilers and editors) 1998. North American Rodents: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Rodent Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
• Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
• Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 27, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• Hafner, D.J. 2000. Geomys personatus ssp. maritimus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Hafner, D.J. 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7163731
• IUCN ID: 9057
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAFC02031
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178648

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 48.080 based on 2 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Hafner, D.J. 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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