Geomys streckeri

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Strecker's pocket gopher
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Geomys
Species:
G. streckeri
Binomial name
Geomys streckeri
W. B. Davis, 1943
Synonyms
  • Geomys personatus streckeri W. B. Davis, 1943

Geomys streckeri, also known as Strecker's pocket gopher, is a species of pocket gopher found in Texas. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Texas pocket gopher. Chromosomal analyses have proven this species to be distinct. Analysis of its mitochondrial cytochrome b points to this species being a sister clade to Geomys personatus, Geomys attwateri, and Geomys tropicalis.[2] Other evidence, using a Bayesian analysis of ribosomal RNA and certain proteins, points to it being embedded within the G. personatus clade and being a sister species to G. attwateri.[3]

It is named after John Kern Strecker, an American herpetologist and namesake of the Strecker Museum.[4]

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