Geomys streckeri

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Strecker's pocket gopher
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

It is named after John Kern Strecker, an American herpetologist and namesake of the Strecker Museum.^[3]

References

1. 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. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
2. 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. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
3. 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)