Geomys jugossicularis, also known as Hall's pocket gopher and Colorado pocket gopher, is a species of pocket gopher native to the western United States (Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska).[2] Little is known of its behavior or ecology aside from typical behaviors of the other pocket gophers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Geomys |
| Species: | G. jugossicularis
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| Geomys jugossicularis Hooper, 1940
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Taxonomy
editThis species was originally considered a subspecies of the Sand Hills pocket gopher and then later a subspecies of the plains pocket gopher. Chromosomal and genetic evidence have supported that there is no gene flow between this species and either G. lutescens or G. bursarius, suggesting that this is a distinct species. It forms a clade that is genetically distinct from all other members of this genus.[3] This species is a sister species to Geomys lutescens.
There are two subspecies: G. j. jugossicularis and G. j. halli. G. j. halli was formerly considered a subspecies of Geomys lutescens, but was found to be genetically distinct from that species.[3] G. j. jugossicularis is found in northeastern Colorado, while G. j. halli is found in western Nebraska. The exact border between the two subspecies is not known. They differ in their karyotype numbers and in G. j. halli being smaller.g
G. j. halli is named after Eugene Raymond Hall.[4]
References
edit- ^ Chambers, Ryan R.; Sudman, Philip D.; Bradley, Robert D. (2 June 2009). "A Phylogenetic Assessment of Pocket Gophers (Geomys): Evidence from Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genes". Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (3): 537–547. doi:10.1644/08-MAMM-A-180R1.1.
- ^ Elrod, Douglas A.; Zimmerman, Earl G.; Sudman, Philip D.; Heidt, Gary A. (August 2000). "A New Subspecies of Pocket Gopher (Genus Geomys) from the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas with Comments on its Historical Biogeography". Journal of Mammalogy. 81 (3): 852–864. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0852:ANSOPG>2.3.CO;2.
- ^ a b Sudman, Philip D.; Wickliffe, Jeffrey K.; Horner, Peggy; Smolen, Michael J.; Bickham, John W.; Bradley, Robert D. (24 August 2006). "Molecular Systematics of Pocket Gophers of the Genus Geomys". Journal of Mammalogy. 87 (4): 668-676. doi:10.1644/05-MAMM-A-349R2.1.
- ^ Sudman, Philip D.; Choate, Jerry R.; Zimmerman, Earl G. (August 1987). "Taxonomy of Chromosomal Races of Geomys bursarius lutescens Merriam". Journal of Mammalogy. 68 (3): 526–543. doi:10.2307/1381589. JSTOR 1381589. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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