Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents Suborder Sciurognathi (Tullberg, 1899) see Suborder Sciuromorpha Brandt, 1855 Family Geomyidae Bonaparte, 1845 - pocket gophers Genus Geomys Rafinesque, 1817 - eastern pocket gophers Geomys bursarius (Shaw, 1800) - plains pocket gopher