Gopher - Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom

  • Gopher (animal), including:
    • Pocket gophers (family Geomyidae), about 40 species distributed from North America to Colombia
    • Several ground squirrels (tribe Marmotini) of North America, particularly those formerly classified as Spermophilus
  • Gopher tortoise (genus Gopherus), distributed in North America

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