Attwater's pocket gopher

Attwater's pocket gopher (Geomys attwateri) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It is endemic to the Texas Coastal Bend in the southcentral United States.

Attwater's pocket gopher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Geomyidae
Genus:	Geomys
Species:	G. attwateri
Binomial name
Geomys attwateri Merriam, 1895
Synonyms
Geomys bursarius attwateri

This species was named in honor of English naturalist Henry Philemon Attwater.^[2]