Meaning | burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America. |
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Synonyms | gopher, pocket gopher |
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Member of | Geomyidae, family Geomyidae | North American pocket gophers |
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Narrower | northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides | greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States |
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plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius | gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America |
southeastern pocket gopher, Geomys pinetis | gopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida |
valley pocket gopher, Thomomys bottae | Of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States |
Broader | pocket rat | Any of various rodents with cheek pouches |
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Spanish | ardilla terrera |
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