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Southeastern Pocket Gopher

Geomys pinetis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 31, February 34, March 32, April 46, May 38, June 23, July 19, August 18, September 25, October 28, November 21, December 27.
United States2,832
Georgia343
Alabama242
South Carolina40
Kentucky1
Missouri1
Illinois1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyPocket Gophers · Geomyidae
GenusEastern Pocket Gophers · Geomys

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Southeastern Pocket Gopher with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.