pocket gopher
Noun
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Burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches;
Of Central America and southwestern North America (synset 102356513)is a type of: pocket rat - any of various rodents with cheek pouchessubtypes:- geomys bursarius, plains pocket gopher - gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America
- geomys pinetis, southeastern pocket gopher - gopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida
- thomomys bottae, valley pocket gopher - of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States
- northern pocket gopher, thomomys talpoides - greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States
belongs to: family geomyidae, geomyidae - North American pocket gopherssame as: gopher, pouched rat
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