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that vary in size depending on the resources available. Males and females may share some burrows and nesting chambers if their territories border each other, but in general, each pocket gopher inhabits its own individual tunnel system. Although they attempt to flee when threatened, they may attack
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pouches, from which the word "pocket" in their name derives. These pouches are fur-lined, can be turned inside out, and extend from the side of the mouth well back onto the shoulders. Gophers have small eyes and a short, hairy tail, which they use to feel around tunnels when they walk backwards.
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about which races of pocket gophers should be recognized as full species, and the following list cannot be regarded as definitive.
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are often called "gophers", as well. The origin of the word "gopher" is uncertain; the French
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This article is about the rodent. For other uses, see
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Geomyidae. These are the "true" gophers, but several
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1458:Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage
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1308:"ODFW, Oregon Wildlife Species: Gophers"
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380:Pocket gophers weigh around 200 g (
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2631:(Jerboas, jumping mice and birch mice)
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1461:. DIANE Publishing Inc. p. B–21.
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1664:"Gainer punted from McMahon Stadium"
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301:Around 41 species in 7 genera
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2082:Central Texas pocket gopher (
1716:"The Go Gopher - The Go Blog"
1340:ASM Mammal Diversity Database
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923:Black-and-Brown pocket gopher
3174:Rodents of the United States
2871:(Spiny rats, coypus, hutias)
2066:Southeastern pocket gopher (
2041:Knox Jones's pocket gopher (
1912:Yellow-faced pocket gopher (
1455:Hygnstrom, Scott E. (2010).
1314:. 2014-08-25. Archived from
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592:Oriental Basin pocket gopher
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2895:(Chinchillas and viscachas)
2688:(House mouse and relatives)
2169:Underwood's pocket gopher (
1966:Flat-headed pocket gopher (
1694:. Taylor Trade Publishing.
1583:The Encyclopedia of Mammals
1429:. Oxford University Press.
1427:The Encyclopedia of Mammals
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16:Family of burrowing rodents
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3159:Rodents of Central America
2813:(New World hystricognaths)
2300:Townsend's pocket gopher (
2007:Attwater's pocket gopher (
744:Southeastern pocket gopher
715:Knox Jones's pocket gopher
582:Yellow-faced pocket gopher
551:Attwater's pocket gopher (
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1845:Extant species of family
1704:– via Google Books.
1286:10.1007/s10914-017-9383-z
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540:Much debate exists among
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2217:Buller's pocket gopher (
2142:Variable pocket gopher (
2115:Chiriqui pocket gopher (
2091:Tropical pocket gopher (
1988:(Eastern pocket gophers)
1617:, New Zealand Government
1482:Whisson, Delsey (2006).
1169:Saskatchewan Roughriders
1020:Townsend's pocket gopher
754:Strecker's pocket gopher
725:Sand Hills pocket gopher
676:Attwater's pocket gopher
2332:Wyoming pocket gopher (
2268:Botta's pocket gopher (
2016:Baird's pocket gopher (
1807:The American Cyclopædia
1791:Encyclopædia Britannica
1205:Go programming language
1143:University of Minnesota
1114:converting this section
1050:Michoacan pocket gopher
810:Cherrie's pocket gopher
622:Merriam's pocket gopher
612:Goldman's pocket gopher
371:A typical pocket gopher
21:Gopher (disambiguation)
3194:Rodents by common name
2847:(Agoutis and acouchis)
2823:(New World porcupines)
2770:(Old World porcupines)
2350:Mazama pocket gopher (
2151:Hispid pocket gopher (
2133:Darien pocket gopher (
2025:Plains pocket gopher (
1998:Desert pocket gopher (
1957:Perote pocket gopher (
1794:(11th ed.). 1911.
1217:between 1985 and 1987.
1030:Southern pocket gopher
1010:Northern pocket gopher
982:Mountain pocket gopher
902:Buller's pocket gopher
830:Variable pocket gopher
800:Chiriqui pocket gopher
773:Tropical pocket gopher
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3116:Paleobiology Database
2879:(Degus and relatives)
2664:(Mouse-like hamsters)
2341:Idaho pocket gopher (
2277:Camas pocket gopher (
2193:Giant pocket gopher (
2057:Texas pocket gopher (
2035:Geomys jugossicularis
1930:Smoky pocket gopher (
1785:"Pocket-gopher"
952:Wyoming pocket gopher
932:Botta's pocket gopher
686:Baird's pocket gopher
586:Cratogeomys castanops
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483:ruderal plant species
471:ecological succession
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117:Botta's pocket gopher
1554:"Pocket Gopher FAQs"
1270:Gregorymys veloxikua
1054:Zygogeomys trichopus
972:Mazama pocket gopher
840:Hispid pocket gopher
820:Darien pocket gopher
804:Heterogeomys cavator
706:Hall's pocket gopher
696:Plains pocket gopher
666:Desert pocket gopher
632:Perote pocket gopher
2287:Thomomys nayarensis
2262:Thomomys atrovarius
2160:Big pocket gopher (
992:Nayar pocket gopher
962:Idaho pocket gopher
942:Camas pocket gopher
881:Giant pocket gopher
734:Texas pocket gopher
602:Smoky pocket gopher
488:Pocket gophers are
3179:Agricultural pests
2762:(Laotian rock rat)
2742:("Porcupine-like")
2705:("Anomalure-like")
2648:(Oriental dormice)
2646:Platacanthomyidae
1560:on 3 February 2018
1203:The mascot of the
1116:, if appropriate.
1082:In popular culture
1072:Malagasy giant rat
710:G. jugossicularis)
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3164:Rodents of Canada
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1903:Cratogeomys
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895:Pappogeomys
874:Orthogeomys
844:H. hispidus
814:H. cherriei
793:Orthogeomys
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616:C. goldmani
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268:Orthogeomys
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3148:Categories
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2723:Pedetidae
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2387:Zygogeomys
2334:T. clusius
2219:P. bulleri
2195:O. grandis
2117:H. cavator
2068:G. pinetis
1932:C. fumosus
1892:Geomyoidea
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1411:2017-05-27
1387:2017-04-03
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1322:2017-05-27
1255:References
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1193:Caddyshack
1187:franchise.
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2606:Myomorpha
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2270:T. bottae
2251:Subgenus
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936:T. bottae
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358:honeycomb
346:Sciuridae
323:Geomyidae
316:burrowing
295:Diversity
211:Bonaparte
206:Geomyidae
152:Kingdom:
146:Eukaryota
3082:12800001
2930:Wikidata
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2686:Muridae
2639:Muroidea
2484:Eutheria
2478:Mammalia
2472:Chordata
2470:Phylum:
2466:Animalia
2454:Rodentia
2412:Category
2324:Thomomys
2232:Thomomys
1880:Rodentia
1874:Mammalia
1868:Chordata
1866:Phylum:
1862:Animalia
1532:"Gopher"
1222:See also
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526:Thomomys
490:solitary
437:Behavior
280:Thomomys
202:Family:
186:Rodentia
176:Mammalia
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213:, 1845
3121:41651
3095:10010
3051:IRMNG
3043:44027
2991:6247K
1290:S2CID
1107:prose
459:pests
431:hawks
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395:genus
3090:NCBI
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