Northern pocket gopher
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Thomomys |
| Species: | T. talpoides
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| Thomomys talpoides Richardson, 1828
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The northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) is a small gopher species native to the western United States and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Manitoba.
Description[]
Northern gophers are often rich brown or yellowish brown, but also grayish or closely approaching local soil color and have white markings under the chin. They also weigh less than a quarter of a pound (110 grams).
Habitat[]
Their habitat consists usually of good soil in meadows or along streams; most often in mountains, but also in lowlands. Northern pocket gophers rarely appear above ground; when they do, they rarely venture more than 2.5 feet from a burrow entrance. Underground, however, they often have tunnels that extend hundreds of feet where they live, store food, and mate.[2]
References[]
- ^ Linzey, A.V., & Hammerson, G. (NatureServe) (2008). "Thomomys talpoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2009.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
- ^ http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/mammals/mammals/pocket.html
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