Plains Pocket Gopher
Geomys bursarius (Shaw, 1800)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Rodentia |
| Family | Geomyidae |
| Genus | Geomys |
| Species | Geomys bursarius (Shaw, 1800) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Kentucky.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky
Counties
- Kentucky
- Logan
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2016.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N3 Vulnerable
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Manitoba
- S3 Vulnerable
- Colorado
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S4 Apparently Secure
- NE
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- ND
- SNR Unranked
- Iowa
- S5 Secure
- South Dakota
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- New Mexico
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Indiana
- S2 Imperiled
- Illinois
- S3 Vulnerable
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
How to cite this account
Geomys bursarius (Shaw, 1800). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2493. https://cavebiology.org/species/geomys-bursarius/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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