EASTERN POCKET GOPHER 



on basal portion ; feet white ; underparts washed with buffy, 

 throat white. Total length, males, 9.2 inches, females, 8.5 

 inches; tail vertebree, males, 2.8 inches, females, 2.5 inches; 

 hind foot, males, 1.12 inches, females, 1.06 inches. Found 

 in "The alluvial lowlands of the Mississippi Valley and Gulf 

 coast of southern Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, and the 

 valley of the Arkansas River; north nearly to southern 

 Kansas, and west to near the ninety-eighth meridian. 

 Austroriparian fauna." (Miller) 



White-throated Pocket Gopher. — Geomys breviceps sagittalis 

 Merriam. 

 Smaller than typical breviceps and more highly colored. 

 Upperparts rich russet-brown with yellowish tinge, darkest 

 along dorsal region and head, the latter almost black to the 

 nose; forelegs and throat clear white; underparts varying 

 from whitish to buffy. Total length, males, 8.8 inches, 

 females, 7.8 inches; tail vertebrae, males, 2.6 inches, fe- 

 males, 2.2 inches; hind foot, males, 1.04 inches, females, .92 

 inch. Found on "Gulf coast of Texas about Galveston 

 Bay." (Merriam) 



Attwater Pocket Gopher. — Geomys breviceps attwateri Merriam. 

 Larger and paler than typical breviceps. Upperparts as in 

 typical breviceps; underparts varying from soiled whitish 

 to buffy. Total length, males, 10.2 inches, females, 8.8 

 inches; tail vertebras, males, 3.2 inches, females, 2.5 inches; 

 hind foot, males, 1.2 inches, females, 1.12 inches. Found 

 on "Coastal plain and islands of Texas between Matagorda 

 and Nueces Bays." (IVIerriam) 



Mesquite Plains Pocket Gopher. — Geomys breviceps Uanensis 

 Bailey. 

 Larger and lighter colored than typical breviceps. Light 

 liver-brown above, sometimes darker, back dusky; creamy 

 to buffy white below. Males. — -total length, 10.8 inches; 

 tail vertebrae, 3.5 inches; hind foot, 1.3 inches; females. — • 

 total length, 9.2 inches; tail vertebrae, 3 inches; hind foot, 

 1.2 inches. Found in Texas "mainly along strips of sandy 

 soil in the Llano, Colorado, Brazos, Red, and Canadian 

 river valleys, in a region of scattered mesquite bushes. . . ." 

 (Bailey) 



Texas Pocket Gopher. — Geomys texensis Merriam. 



Size very small for the genus; tail short, nearly naked for 

 terminal third. Upperparts dark brown sprinkled with 

 black; feet white; underparts whitish, except for a buffy 

 collar about throat. Total length, 8.4 inches; tail verte- 

 brae, 2.5 inches; hind foot, 1.12 inches. Found in "Mason 

 County, central Texas, and probably thence southerly to 

 the Rio Grande; limits of range unknown." (Merriam) 



Sand Pocket Gopher. — Geomys arenarius Merriam. 



A medium-sized, pale form with tail rather long and fairly 

 well haired except at tip. Upperparts dull, pale brown 

 sprinkled with black; feet white; underparts whitish. 



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