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Definition of Family Geomyidae
1. Noun. North American pocket gophers.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Member holonyms: Genus Geomys, Geomys, Gopher, Pocket Gopher, Pouched Rat, Genus Thomomys, Thomomys
Group relationships: Sciuromorpha, Suborder Sciuromorpha
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Geomyidae
Literary usage of Family Geomyidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... with the single family Geomyidae. The dentition includes one pair of premolars
above and below, and rooted or rootless molars with but few enamel- folds ..."
2. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... constitute a separate family Geomyidae, of Professor Carus ; but I follow
Professor Lilljeborg, who has made a special study of the Order, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"The family Geomyidae, or the Pocket Gophers, has hitherto been regarded as
consisting of the two genera Geomys and Thomomys, only the first of which is here ..."
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