geomyid

noun

1. Any gopher of the family Geomyidae.

   “Whereas geomyids seem to dominate the montane grassland, microtenes dominated the tallgrass, cricetines dominated the shortgrass and heteromyids dominated the desert grassland site.”

   “A second potential problem is the geomyids in their phylogeny are linked more closely to the sciurids than to the muroids, yet several authorities suggest the geomyids should be placed among the muroidomopha (e.g. Eisenberg, 1981).”