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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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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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1319:"ODFW, Oregon Wildlife Species: Gophers"
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1472:. DIANE Publishing Inc. p. B–21.
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1675:"Gainer punted from McMahon Stadium"
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312:Around 41 species in 7 genera
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2093:Central Texas pocket gopher (
1727:"The Go Gopher - The Go Blog"
1351:ASM Mammal Diversity Database
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934:Black-and-Brown pocket gopher
3185:Rodents of the United States
2882:(Spiny rats, coypus, hutias)
2077:Southeastern pocket gopher (
2052:Knox Jones's pocket gopher (
1923:Yellow-faced pocket gopher (
1466:Hygnstrom, Scott E. (2010).
1325:. 2014-08-25. Archived from
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2699:(House mouse and relatives)
2180:Underwood's pocket gopher (
1977:Flat-headed pocket gopher (
1705:. Taylor Trade Publishing.
1594:The Encyclopedia of Mammals
1440:. Oxford University Press.
1438:The Encyclopedia of Mammals
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507:, aggressively maintaining
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27:Family of burrowing rodents
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3170:Rodents of Central America
2824:(New World hystricognaths)
2311:Townsend's pocket gopher (
2018:Attwater's pocket gopher (
755:Southeastern pocket gopher
726:Knox Jones's pocket gopher
593:Yellow-faced pocket gopher
562:Attwater's pocket gopher (
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1856:Extant species of family
1715:– via Google Books.
1297:10.1007/s10914-017-9383-z
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551:Much debate exists among
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2320:Southern pocket gopher (
2228:Buller's pocket gopher (
2153:Variable pocket gopher (
2126:Chiriqui pocket gopher (
2102:Tropical pocket gopher (
1999:(Eastern pocket gophers)
1628:, New Zealand Government
1493:Whisson, Delsey (2006).
1180:Saskatchewan Roughriders
1031:Townsend's pocket gopher
765:Strecker's pocket gopher
736:Sand Hills pocket gopher
687:Attwater's pocket gopher
2343:Wyoming pocket gopher (
2279:Botta's pocket gopher (
2027:Baird's pocket gopher (
1818:The American Cyclopædia
1802:Encyclopædia Britannica
1216:Go programming language
1154:University of Minnesota
1125:converting this section
1061:Michoacan pocket gopher
821:Cherrie's pocket gopher
633:Merriam's pocket gopher
623:Goldman's pocket gopher
382:A typical pocket gopher
32:Gopher (disambiguation)
3205:Rodents by common name
2858:(Agoutis and acouchis)
2834:(New World porcupines)
2781:(Old World porcupines)
2361:Mazama pocket gopher (
2162:Hispid pocket gopher (
2144:Darien pocket gopher (
2036:Plains pocket gopher (
2009:Desert pocket gopher (
1968:Perote pocket gopher (
1805:(11th ed.). 1911.
1228:between 1985 and 1987.
1041:Southern pocket gopher
1021:Northern pocket gopher
993:Mountain pocket gopher
913:Buller's pocket gopher
841:Variable pocket gopher
811:Chiriqui pocket gopher
784:Tropical pocket gopher
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3127:Paleobiology Database
2890:(Degus and relatives)
2675:(Mouse-like hamsters)
2352:Idaho pocket gopher (
2288:Camas pocket gopher (
2204:Giant pocket gopher (
2068:Texas pocket gopher (
2046:Geomys jugossicularis
1941:Smoky pocket gopher (
1796:"Pocket-gopher"
963:Wyoming pocket gopher
943:Botta's pocket gopher
697:Baird's pocket gopher
597:Cratogeomys castanops
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494:ruderal plant species
482:ecological succession
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128:Botta's pocket gopher
1565:"Pocket Gopher FAQs"
1281:Gregorymys veloxikua
1065:Zygogeomys trichopus
983:Mazama pocket gopher
851:Hispid pocket gopher
831:Darien pocket gopher
815:Heterogeomys cavator
717:Hall's pocket gopher
707:Plains pocket gopher
677:Desert pocket gopher
643:Perote pocket gopher
2298:Thomomys nayarensis
2273:Thomomys atrovarius
2171:Big pocket gopher (
1003:Nayar pocket gopher
973:Idaho pocket gopher
953:Camas pocket gopher
892:Giant pocket gopher
745:Texas pocket gopher
613:Smoky pocket gopher
499:Pocket gophers are
3190:Agricultural pests
2773:(Laotian rock rat)
2753:("Porcupine-like")
2716:("Anomalure-like")
2659:(Oriental dormice)
2657:Platacanthomyidae
1571:on 3 February 2018
1214:The mascot of the
1127:, if appropriate.
1093:In popular culture
1083:Malagasy giant rat
721:G. jugossicularis)
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2137:H. cherriei
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1961:C. merriami
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885:Orthogeomys
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825:H. cherriei
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586:Pappogeomys
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279:Orthogeomys
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2230:P. bulleri
2206:O. grandis
2128:H. cavator
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1943:C. fumosus
1903:Geomyoidea
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1333:2017-05-27
1266:References
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1078:Hypogeomys
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917:P. bulleri
896:O. grandis
759:G. pinetis
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245:Rafinesque
231:Type genus
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2281:T. bottae
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357:Sciuridae
334:Geomyidae
327:burrowing
306:Diversity
222:Bonaparte
217:Geomyidae
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157:Eukaryota
3093:12800001
2941:Wikidata
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2697:Muridae
2650:Muroidea
2495:Eutheria
2489:Mammalia
2483:Chordata
2481:Phylum:
2477:Animalia
2465:Rodentia
2423:Category
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2243:Thomomys
1891:Rodentia
1885:Mammalia
1879:Chordata
1877:Phylum:
1873:Animalia
1543:"Gopher"
1233:See also
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537:Thomomys
501:solitary
448:Behavior
291:Thomomys
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197:Rodentia
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323:gophers
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3062:IRMNG
3054:44027
3002:6247K
1301:S2CID
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470:pests
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422:cheek
406:genus
3101:NCBI
3075:ITIS
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3015:8692
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