Fam. V. tieomyidae. 



C. H. Merriam, Mono;:,raphic Revision of the Pocket Gophers. N. 

 Am. Faun., No. 8, 1895. 



Large fur-lined cheek pouches present, opening outside the 

 mouth; squamosals expanded: jugal extending to lachrymal; palate 

 sloping below level of zygomata which are strong and flaring; molars 

 rootless: lower jaw strong: form arvicoline: fore feet fossorial; eyes 

 and ears minute. 



58. Geoiiiys. 



I. !=!; P. •=!; M. -5=^ = 20. 

 i-i' I— 1' 3-3 



Qeomys. Rafin., Am. Month. Mag., 11, No. i, 1817, p. 45. Type 

 G. pine/is, Raf. =Mus tuzaOrd, 1815. 

 Saccophorus. Kuhl, Beitr. , 1820, p. 61. 



Pseudostoma. Say, Long's Exped. Rocky Mts., 1823, i, p. 406. 

 Ascoiins. Licht, Abhand. Berl. Acad., 1825, p. 20. 



Upper incisors grooved along the middle; first and second upper 

 molars with two enamel plates each, posterior one complete: root of 

 inferior incisor slightly protuberant; zygomata widest anteriorly, 

 posteriorly, but little greater than mastoid breadth; parietals ridged; 

 audital bulla elongate, somewhat acute anteriorly, not greatly inflated; 

 basioccipital ver\' broad posteriori}'; pterygoid fossa wide: fore claws 

 immensely developed. Mamma? three pair, two inguinal, one pectoral. 



319. tuza. (.V//s), Ord, Guth. Geog., 2 .Amer. ed., 11, 1815, p. 292. 

 pinetis. Rafin, Am. Month. Mag., 1817, p. 45. 



Type locality. Pine barrens near Augusta, Georgia. 



Geogr. Distr. Pine barrens of Georgia and possibly northern 

 Florida. 



Genl. Char. Size rather large: tail long, naked: end of nose 

 naked; feet haired. 



Color. Above cinnamon brown tinged with fulvous; faint dark 

 dorsal stripe; beneath ochraceous buff; hairs on feet whitish. 



Measurements. Average total length of nine females, 249; tail 

 vertebrae, 82; hind foot, 32. Ten males, total length, 269; tail verte- 

 brae, 89.5; hind foot, 34.4. (Merr., Mon. Geom. ) 



a.—^jloridanus. (Pseudostoma), Aud. & Bach. N. Am. Quad., in, 1S54, 

 p. 242. 

 Type locality. \"icinity of St. Augustine, Florida. 

 Geogr. Distr. Florida Peninsula. 



