Common Name
Southeastern Pocket Gopher
Order
Rodentia
Family
Geomyidae
Species Name
Geomys pinetis
Status
Extinct as G. p. goffi; Vulnerable as G. p. cumberlandius and G. p. frontanelus; Lower Risk as G. p. colonus, otherwise Lower Risk.
States
Alaska
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Distribution
Central Florida to southern Georgia and southern Alabama.
Notes
Fossorial, and adapted to life underground (reduced eyes, small ears, etc.). As with all pocket gophers, they have fur-lined pouches on the outside of their face by their cheeks.
Georgia
Most common pocket gopher in GA