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AcknowledgementsScientific collecting permits for pocket gophers were obtained from the State of Alabama, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; the State of Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Division of Wildlife; and the State of Georgia, Department of Natural Resources. Vouchers of pocket gophers collected during this study are primarily deposited in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL. Some specimens were deposited in the following institutions: Eastern Illinois University, University of Central Florida, Georgia Museum of Natural History, and Clemson University. Some travel funding was provided through T. Cohn, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. For assistance identifying insects and discussions of related taxa, we thank: A. Hardy, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, Sacramento, CA; R. D. Gordon, Willow Creek, ND; W. Godwin, Texas A &M University, College Station, TX; T. Cohn, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; S. B. Peck, Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada. We thank the following for providing unpublished pocket gopher locality data and assisting to gain access to sites: R. Franz and C. McCaffery, Florida State Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL; R. Studeman, Nature Conservancy, Tallahassee, FL; W. Baker, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL; J. Laerm, Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens, GA; G. Folkerts, Auburn University, AL; M. Bailey, Conservation Services Southeast, Shorter, AL. For collecting materials or monitoring traps, we thank: M. Bailey, Conservation Services Southeast, Shorter, AL; E. Cronin, Gainesville, FL; S. Fullerton, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL; R. Jarrett, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Daytona, FL; M. A.Goodrich, Eastern Illinois University,Charleston, IL; P. Harpootlian, Simpsonville, SC; R.W. Lundgren, Archer, FL; R. F. Morris, Lakeland, FL; F. Skillman, Sunsites, AZ; C. Smith, Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens, GA; M. C. Thomas, Gainesville, FL; R. H. Turnbow, Fort Rucker AL; W. F. Michener, D. Fussel, and R. Birkhead, J. W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA. 
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