The pocket gophers are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. These are the "true" gophers. Several ground squirrels of the family Sciuridae are often...

Geomyoidea is a superfamily of rodents that contains the pocket gophers (Geomyidae), the kangaroo rats and mice (Heteromyidae), and their fossil relatives...

appearance, the closest relatives of the heteromyids are pocket gophers in the Geomyidae family. Family Heteromyidae Subfamily Heteromyinae Genus Heteromys Genus...

Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Castorimorpha Families Superfamily Castoroidea: Castoridae Superfamily Geomyoidea: Heteromyidae Geomyidae...