Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817

James L. Patton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 469-476 : 470

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scientific name	Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817
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Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817 View in CoL . Amer. Monthly Mag., 2:45.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Georgia, in the region of the pines (restricted to Screven Co. by Harper, 1952) .

DISTRIBUTION: C Florida to S Georgia and S Alabama ( USA).

SYNONYMS: austrinus Bangs, colonus Bangs , cumberlandius Bangs , floridanus Audubon and Bachman, fontanelus Sherman, goffi Sherman, mobilensis Merriam, tuza Barton.

COMMENTS: Mus tuza Barton, 1806 , a senior synomym of pinetis according to Merriam (1895a), was considered of uncertain application and not available by Harper (1952). Laerm (1981) supported the specific status of cumberlandius . Reviewed by Pembleton and Williams (1978, Mammalian Species, 86), Williams and Genoways (19806), and Wilkins (19876).

References

Harper, F. 1952. History and nomenclature of the pocket gopher (Geomys) in Georgia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 65: 35 - 38.

Laerm, J. 1981. Systematic status of the Cumberland Island pocket gopher, Geomys cumberlandius. Brimleyana, 6: 141 - 151.

Merriam, C. H. 1895 a. Monographic revision of the pocket gophers, family Geomyidae (exclusive of the species of Thomomys). North American Fauna, 8: 1 - 258.

Pembleton, E. F., and S. L. Williams. 1978. Geomys pinetis. Mammalian Species, 86: 1 - 3.