GEOMYS. 263 



Geomys biirsarins Elliot, Syn. X. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., ii, 

 1901, p. 217. Zool. Ser. 

 Shaw's Pocket Gopher. 



Type locality. Unknown. ^Mississippi Valley ? 



Geogr. Distr. Canadian boundary, longitude 97°, south to eastern 

 Kansas, southeastern Missouri and southern Illinois, east nearly to 

 Lake Michigan and west to the Dakotas and Nebraska. 



637. Geomys lutescens (Merriam). 



Geomys bnrsarius lutescens Merr., X. Am. Faun., No. 4, 1S90, 



P- 51- 

 Geomys lutescens Merr., Mon. Geomyidae, N. Am. Faun., No. 8, 1895, 



]). 127. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, 



p. 218. Zool. Ser. 



Pale Pocket Gopher. 



Type locality. Sandhills on Birdwood Creek, Lincoln County, 



western Nebraska. , 



Geogr. Distr. Great Plains, and southwestern South Dakota, 



southward to Colorado, w^estern Nebraska, western Kansas, eastern 



Colorado, western Oklahoma, and western Texas. 



638. Geomys breviceps Baird. 



Geomys breviceps Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1855, p. 

 335. Elliot, Syn. X. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 

 218. Zool. Ser. 

 Short-headed Pocket Gopher. 



Type locality. Prairie Mer Rouge, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. 

 Geogr. Distr. Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast, in southern 

 Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, and valley of the Arkansas River, 

 north nearly to southern Kansas, and west to near 98th meridian. 



fi . Gf'oni]/fi hr('ri('i'})s sa gittal if< Merriam. 



Geomys breviceps sagittalis Merr., Mon. Geomyidae, X. Am. Faun., 

 No. 8, 1895, P- i34» pl- 9> fig- 4- Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 

 F. C. M. Pub., II, 1901, p. 218. Zool. Ser. 

 Crested Pocket Gopher. 



Type locality. Clear Creek, Galveston Bay, Texas. 

 Geogr. Distr. Gulf Coast of Texas about Galveston Bay. 



h. Cii'Dinij.^ hrei'iceps (itticfttci'i Merriam. 



GeoYuys breviceps attivateri Merr., Mon. Geomyidae, N. Am. Faun., 

 No. 8, 1895, p. 135, pi. 9, fig. 3. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 

 F. C. M. Pub., II, 1901, p. 219. Zool. Ser. 

 Attwater's Pocket Gopher. 



Type locality. Rockport, Aransas County, Texas. 



