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Gopher
Pocket gophers are burrowing rodents, named "pocket" because they have furlined pouches outside of their mouth, one on each side of the face. These pockets, which are capable of being turned inside out, are used for carrying food. Pocket gophers have a short neck and are powerfully built in the forequarters. Their head is fairly small and flattened. The forepaws are large-clawed and their lips close behind their large incisors providing excellent gnawing and digging behavior. Gophers have small external ears and small eyes. As sight and sound are severely limited, gophers are highly dependent on the sense of touch.
Pocket gophers are medium-sized rodents ranging from about 5 to nearly 14 inches long (head and body). Adult males are larger than adult females. Their fur is very fine, soft, and highly variable in color. Colors range from nearly black to pale brown to almost white. In the United States there are 13 species and three genera. They thrive in looser, fairly deep, light-textured soils wit