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title: "Attwater's Pocket Gopher"
description: "Geomys attwateri — Mammals. Attwater's pocket gopher (Geomys attwateri) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/attwater-s-pocket-gopher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Attwater's Pocket Gopher

> Geomys attwateri — Mammals. Attwater's pocket gopher (Geomys attwateri) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.

- Scientific name: *Geomys attwateri*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 623
- Wikidata: [Q1764247](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1764247)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44053](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44053)

## Names

- en: Attwater's Pocket Gopher
- de: Attwater-Taschenratte

## Countries with the most observations

US (549)

## Summary

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.
This species was named in honor of English naturalist Henry Philemon Attwater.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attwater%27s_pocket_gopher

## Photo

![Attwater's Pocket Gopher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/attwater-s-pocket-gopher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Robert Creech · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/359322919

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/attwater-s-pocket-gopher?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).