Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents Family Geomyidae Bonaparte, 1845 - pocket gophers Genus Geomys Rafinesque, 1817 - eastern pocket gophers Geomys breviceps Baird, 1855 - Baird's pocket gopher see Geomys bursarius (Shaw, 1800)