The Texas pocket gopher (Geomys personatus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae.

It is common in the sand drifts on Mustang and Padre islands in the Gulf of Mexico.

[1][4] A single Texas pocket gopher occupies a burrow system that may have short side branches and about 30 m (98 ft) of passages.

The Texas pocket gopher feeds on the roots of grasses such as paspalum (Paspalum), Bermuda grass (Cynodon), and sandbur (Cenchrus) and consumes all parts of a composite plant in the sunflower genus Helianthus.

It avoids emerging onto the surface of the ground, where it is at risk from predators, by seizing the roots of the plant and pulling it down into its burrow.