Geomys streckeri explained

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]

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

Notes and References

  1. Sudman . Jerry R. . Wickliffe . Jeffrey K. . Horner . Peggy . Smolen . Michael J. . Bickham . John W. . Bradley . Robert D. . Molecular Systematics of Pocket Gophers of the Genus Geomys . Journal of Mammalogy . 24 August 2006 . 87 . 4 . 668-676 . 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-349R2.1 . 11 December 2023. free .
  2. Chambers . Ryan R. . Sudman . Philip D. . Bradley . Robert D. . A Phylogenetic Assessment of Pocket Gophers (Geomys): Evidence from Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genes . Journal of Mammalogy . 2 June 2009 . 90 . 3 . 537-547 . 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-180R1.1 . 11 December 2023. free .
  3. Book: Beolens . Bo . Watkins . Michael . Grayson . Michael . The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals . 2009 . Johns Hopkins University Press . 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 . 9789210576987 . 397.

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