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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.
Desert pocket gopher (Geomys arenarius) Attwater's pocket gopher (G. attwateri) Baird's pocket gopher (G. breviceps) Plains pocket gopher (G. bursarius) Hall's pocket gopher (G. jugossicularis) Knox Jones's pocket gopher (G. knoxjonesi) Sand Hills pocket gopher (G. lutescens) Texas pocket gopher (G. personatus) Southeastern pocket gopher (G ...
Pocket gophers, commonly referred to simply as gophers, are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. [2] The roughly 41 species [ 3 ] are all endemic to North and Central America. [ 4 ] They are commonly known for their extensive tunneling activities and their ability to destroy farms and gardens.
Elk range in forest and forest-edge habitat, feeding on grasses, plants, leaves, and bark. ... Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius; Mice. From the Atlas of Birds ...
Yellow-faced pocket gopher, Cratogeomys castanops; Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius; Kangaroo rats and pocket mice. Order: Rodentia ...
Heterogeomys are a small genus of rodents commonly known as pocket gophers, though the term applies to all genera within the family Geomyidae. [1] The name pocket gopher was earned for this family because of their fur lined cheek pouches that can be used for carrying food. These pouches can also be turned inside out.
Geomys jugossicularis, also known as Hall's pocket gopher and Colorado pocket gopher, is a species of pocket gopher native to the western United States (Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska). [2] Little is known of its behavior or ecology aside from typical behaviors of the other pocket gophers.
Desert pocket gopher, G. arenarius [n 1] NT; Attwater's pocket gopher, G. attwateri [n 1] LC; Baird's pocket gopher, G. breviceps [n 1] LC; Plains pocket gopher, G. bursarius [n 3] LC. Hall's pocket gopher, G. jugossicularis [9] Sand Hills pocket gopher, G. lutescens [9] Knox Jones's pocket gopher, G. knoxjonesi [n 1] LC; Texas pocket gopher, G ...