Geomys jugossicularis
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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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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.
Taxonomy
This
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
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- doi:10.2307/1381589. Retrieved 11 December 2023.