---
title: "Texas Pocket Gopher"
description: "Geomys personatus — Mammiferi. The Texas pocket gopher (Geomys personatus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/texas-pocket-gopher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Texas Pocket Gopher

> Geomys personatus — Mammiferi. The Texas pocket gopher (Geomys personatus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.

- Scientific name: *Geomys personatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 222
- Wikidata: [Q1769184](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1769184)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44060](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44060)

## Names

- en: Texas Pocket Gopher
- de: Texas-Taschenratte
- es: Tuza texana
- nl: Texasgoffer

## Countries with the most observations

US (201)

## Summary

The Texas pocket gopher (Geomys personatus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.  It is found in Tamaulipas in Mexico and in Texas in the United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_pocket_gopher

## Photo

![Texas Pocket Gopher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/texas-pocket-gopher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205327873

## Machine access

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