pocket gopher
English
Geomys bursarius (plains pocket gopher)
Noun
pocket gopher (plural pocket gophers)
- Any of the burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, regarded as the "true" gophers.
- 1998, B. J. Verts, Leslie N. Carraway, Land Mammals of Oregon, page 223,
- The pocket gophers are New World endemics for which the fossil history commences in the late Miocene (Kurtén and Anderson, 1980).
- 2005, Ernest H. Williams Jr., The Nature Handbook : A Guide to Observing the Great Outdoors, page 158,
- Produced by pocket gophers, which push soil upward as they burrow along under the surface, soil tubes are most apparent where the soil is rocky.
- 2011, Donald K. Grayson, The Great Basin: A Natural Prehistory, page 196,
- Four species of pocket gophers are currently found within the Great Basin, all of which belong to the genus Thomomys.
- 1998, B. J. Verts, Leslie N. Carraway, Land Mammals of Oregon, page 223,
Usage notes
Particular genera are sometimes referred to as "the" pocket gophers.
Synonyms
- (any species of Geomyidae): geomyid
Derived terms
- eastern pocket gopher (genus Geomys)
- giant pocket gopher (genus Orthogeomys)
- smooth-toothed pocket gopher (genus Thomomys)
- western pocket gopher (= smooth-toothed pocket gopher)
Translations
rodent of the family Geomyidae
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