Order Rodentia - Family Geomyidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 859 870 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Geomys texensis Merriam 1895 Geomys texensis Merriam 1895 , N. Amer. Fauna, 8: 137 . Type Locality: USA , Texas , Mason Co., Mason. Vernacular Names: Central Texas Pocket Gopher . Subspecies: : Subspecies Geomys texensis subsp. texensis Merriam 1895 Subspecies Geomys texensis subsp. bakeri Smolen, Pitts, and Bickham 1993 Subspecies Geomys texensis subsp. llanensis Bailey 1905 Distribution: SC Texas ( USA ). Conservation: IUCN – Lowered Risk (nt) as G. texensis and as G. t. bakeri . Discussion: Considered a subspecies of bursarius by Hall (1981) and Patton (1993). Block and Zimmerman (1991) , Smolen et al. (1993) , and Jolley et al. (2000) provided evidence for species status. Reviewed by Cramer and Cameron (2001 , Mammalian Species No. 679).