Geomys streckeri

Strecker's pocket gopher
Conservation status
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific 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 streckeriW. 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]

References

1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
2. Sudman, Jerry R.; 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 .
3. 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 .
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 397. ISBN   9789210576987.