geomyid

English

Geomys bursarius

Noun

geomyid (plural geomyids)

1. (zoology) Any gopher of the family Geomyidae.
   • 1982, L. D. Harris, G. B. Bowman, “6: Vertebrate predator subsystem”, in A. I. Breymeyer, George M. van Dyne, editors, Grasslands, Systems Analysis and Man, page 595:

     Whereas geomyids seem to dominate the montane grassland, microtenes dominated the tallgrass, cricetines dominated the shortgrass and heteromyids dominated the desert grassland site.

   • 1999, J. R. Speakman, “The Cost of Living: Field Metabolic Rates of Small Mammals”, in A. H. Fitter, D. G. Raffaelli, editors, Advances in Ecological Research, volume 30, page 226:

     A second potential problem is the geomyids in their phylogeny are linked more closely to the sciurids than to the muroids, yet several authorities suggest the geomyids should be placed among the muroidomopha (e.g. Eisenberg, 1981).

   • 2000, Guy N. Cameron, “Chapter Six: Community Ecology of Subterranean Rodents”, in Eileen A. Lacey, James L. Patton, Guy N. Cameron, editors, Life Underground: The Biology of Subterranean Rodents, page 244:

     Compared with geomyids, little is known about the roles of other subterranean rodents in ecological succession.

Synonyms

• (any species of the family Geomyidae): pocket gopher