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title: "Baird's Pocket Gopher"
description: "Geomys breviceps — Mamíferos. Baird's pocket gopher or the Louisiana pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) is a species of pocket gopher that is native to the southern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/baird-s-pocket-gopher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Baird's Pocket Gopher

> Geomys breviceps — Mamíferos. Baird's pocket gopher or the Louisiana pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) is a species of pocket gopher that is native to the southern United States.

- Scientific name: *Geomys breviceps*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 522
- Wikidata: [Q1770201](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1770201)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44054](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44054)

## Names

- en: Baird's Pocket Gopher
- de: Baird-Taschenratte
- fr: Géomys de Louisiane

## Countries with the most observations

US (443)

## Summary

Baird's pocket gopher or the Louisiana pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) is a species of pocket gopher that is native to the southern United States. In total, there are three almost identical species of eastern pocket gopher; Geomys attwateri, G. bursarius, and G. breviceps. G. breviceps is larger in size, G. attwateri is medium-sized and G. bursarius is a bit smaller. Other than by size variation they are not identifiable by external features. Baird's pocket gophers are small rodents with most of their weight on the top half of their bodies.
Baird's pocket gopher is native to eastern Texas, western Louisiana, eastern…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Nautilus 211 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32450028

## Machine access

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