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  2. Richardson's ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Richardson's ground squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii), also known as the dakrat or flickertail, is a North American ground squirrel in the genus Urocitellus.Like a number of other ground squirrels, they are sometimes called prairie dogs or gophers, though the latter name belongs more strictly to the pocket gophers of family Geomyidae, and the former to members of the genus Cynomys.

  3. List of mammals of California - Wikipedia

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    Four species of free-tailed bats occur in California. Western mastiff bat, Eumops perotis. California mastiff bat, E. p. californicus (CDFW special concern) Pocketed free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops femorosaccus (CDFW special concern) Big free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops macrotis (CDFW special concern) Brazilian (or Mexican) free-tailed bat, Tadarida ...

  4. Botta's pocket gopher - Wikipedia

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    Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) is a pocket gopher native to western North America. It is also known in some areas as valley pocket gopher , particularly in California. Both the specific and common names of this species honor Paul-Émile Botta , a naturalist and archaeologist who collected mammals in California in 1827 and 1828.

  5. Mazama pocket gopher - Wikipedia

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    Mazama pocket gophers are light brown to black in color, with adults ranging in size from 5 to 6 inches (13 to 15 cm) in length. The Mazama pocket gopher’s distinctive features include pointed claws, long whiskers, and protruding chisel-like front teeth. [6] The pocket gopher serves as prey for a variety of predatory species.

  6. Gopher - Wikipedia

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    Gophers have small eyes and a short, hairy tail, which they use to feel around tunnels when they walk backwards. Pocket gophers have often been found to carry external parasites including, most commonly, lice, but also ticks, fleas, and mites. [8] Common predators of the gopher include weasels, snakes, and hawks. [10]

  7. Plains pocket gopher - Wikipedia

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    The plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) is one of 35 species of pocket gophers, so named in reference to their externally located, fur-lined cheek pouches.They are burrowing animals, found in grasslands and agricultural land across the Great Plains of North America, from Manitoba to Texas.

  8. Pacific gopher snake - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific gopher snake's saddle spots do not have the barren characteristic as those of the San Diego gopher snakes do. Also, the spots in the second row of spots are much larger on P. c. catenifer as compared to P. c. annectens. Finally, the Pacific gopher snake generally has more saddle spots than the San Diego gopher snake. [6]

  9. Gopher tortoise - Wikipedia

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    Gopher tortoises reach sexual maturity between 15–20 years of age, depending on what region the species chooses to populate. [29] Sexual reproduction involves courtship rituals. During the mating season females only produce 1 clutch annually between April and November, females lay about 1–25 eggs and incubate them underground for 70–100 days.