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** English
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*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. Any of the burrow ing rodent s of the family [Geomyidae] , regarded as the "true" gopher s, native North and Central America .
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1998 | author=B. J. Verts; Leslie N. Carraway | title=Land Mammals of Oregon | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=8KI1AmzIDnwC&pg=PA223&dq=%22pocket+gopher%22%7C%22pocket+gophers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gjnnUreWMIvHkwXR5IGwDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22pocket%20gopher%22%7C%22pocket%20gophers%22&f=false | page=223
|passage=The POCKET GOPHERS are New World endemics for which the fossil
history commences in the late Miocene (Kurtén and Anderson, 1980).}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2005 | author=Ernest H. Williams Jr. | title=The Nature Handbook : A Guide to Observing the Great Outdoors | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=VoV7CclhNJcC&pg=PA158&dq=%22pocket+gopher%22%7C%22pocket+gophers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gjnnUreWMIvHkwXR5IGwDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22pocket%20gopher%22%7C%22pocket%20gophers%22&f=false | page=158
|passage=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.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2011 | author=Donald K. Grayson | title=The Great Basin: A Natural Prehistory | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HAGgwbjoeEwC&pg=PA196&dq=%22pocket+gopher%22%7C%22pocket+gophers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gjnnUreWMIvHkwXR5IGwDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22pocket%20gopher%22%7C%22pocket%20gophers%22&f=false | page=196
|passage=Four species of POCKET GOPHERS are currently found within the Great
Basin, all of which belong to the genus _Thomomys_.}}
**** Synonyms
- [any species of Geomyidae] [en]
**** Derived terms
- [en]
- [eastern pocket gopher] ( [Geomys] spp.)
- [giant pocket gopher] ( [Orthogeomys] spp.)
- [smooth-toothed pocket gopher] ( [Thomomys] spp.)
- [western pocket gopher] (= smooth-toothed pocket gopher)
**** Translations
[rodent of the family Geomyidae]
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