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Geomys knoxjonesi (Jones' pocket gopher)

Synonyms: Geomys bursarius knoxjonesi

Wikipedia Abstract

Knox Jones's pocket gopher (Geomys knoxjonesi) is a species of pocket gopher found in Texas and New Mexico. This species is named for Dr. J. Knox Jones, Jr. (1929–1992), a prolific mammalogist at Texas Tech University. The gopher is territorial and solitary, except during the October to April breeding season. Gestation lasts about 23 days, and the young are weaned after three to four weeks.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.7
EDGE Score: 1.9
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  172 grams
Birth Weight [2]  5 grams
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  3 months 3 days
Male Maturity [2]  3 months 1 day
Gestation [1]  23 days
Litter Size [2]  3
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  12 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  7 inches (18 cm)
Weaning [1]  25 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Chihuahuan desert Mexico, United States Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Western short grasslands United States Nearctic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

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External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Geomys knoxjonesi, Matthew E. Hopton and Guy N. Cameron, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 672, pp. 1–3 (2001)
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0