Baird's pocket gopher: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Baird's pocket gopher lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Geomys breviceps
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Geomyidae

Where does the Baird's pocket gopher live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Baird's pocket gopher in 1 country or territory across North America.

United States

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Baird's pocket gopher endangered?

The Baird's pocket gopher’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Baird's pocket gopher?

The Baird's pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Geomyidae, genus Geomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Baird's pocket gopher

Baird's pocket gopher or the Louisiana pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) is a species of pocket gopher that is native to the southern United States. In total, there are three almost identical species of eastern pocket gopher; Geomys attwateri, G. bursarius, and G. breviceps. G. breviceps is larger in size, G. attwateri is medium-sized and G. bursarius is a bit smaller. Other than by size variation they are not identifiable by external features. Baird's pocket gophers are small rodents with most of their weight on the top half of their bodies.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Baird's pocket gopher (revision 1314466788), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1770201 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).