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The Golden Gopher, however, refers to the Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, which is not a member of the Geomyidae family. [15] Gainer the Gopher is the mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League. [16] Gopher is a recurring character in Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise.
Sometimes the pocket gophers and heteromyids are placed as separate subfamilies within a single family (Geomyidae). These subfamilies are Geomyinae and Heteromyinae respectively. Superfamily Geomyoidea. Genus †Caribeomys incertae sedis [1] Genus †Griphomys incertae sedis; Genus †Meliakrouniomys incertae sedis; Family †Eomyidae; Family ...
Thomomys, commonly referred to as smooth-toothed pocket gophers, is a group of rodents belonging to the family Geomyidae. Members of Thomomys are unique among gophers in that they have smooth upper incisors, free of the grooves that are common in other species.
The southern pocket gopher (Thomomys umbrinus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. [2] It is found in Mexico and the United States, usually in high altitude grassland and shrubland. It feeds on plant material and has an extensive burrow above which is a large heap of earth on the surface of the ground.
The camas pocket gopher is a smooth-toothed pocket gopher of the genus Thomomys, within the pocket-gopher family Geomyidae. [4] The incisors of gophers in the genus Thomomys have characteristically smooth anterior surfaces, while those of Geomys have two deep grooves per tooth and those of Cratogeomys have a single groove. [5] The camas pocket ...
The Michoacan pocket gopher (Zygogeomys trichopus) is a species of rodent in the family Geomyidae. [2] It is monotypic within the genus Zygogeomys. [3] It is endemic to Mexico where its natural habitat is temperate, high-altitude forests. Its numbers are declining and it is listed by the IUCN as "endangered". [1]
The genus Geomys contains 12 species of pocket gophers [1] often collectively referred to as the eastern pocket gophers. Like all pocket gophers, members of this genus are fossorial herbivores . Species
Geomys lutescens, also known as the Sand Hills pocket gopher, is a species of pocket gopher native to the western United States (Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, and Nebraska). [1] It is a fossorial rodent that inhabits the Mississippi basin.