plains pocket gopher

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plains pocket gopher - gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America

Geomys bursarius

genus Geomys, Geomys - type genus of the Geomyidae

pocket gopher, pouched rat, gopher - burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America

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The plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius, is a fossorial rodent species native to the plains states of the central and southern United States (Hall 1981; Wilson & Reeder 2005).

Tunnel co-habitation by plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) and eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)

Specifically the distributional patterns of the plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) and yellow-faced pocket gopher (Cratogeomys castanops) have received much attention where the geographic ranges of these species overlap primarily in portions of New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas (Hall, 1981).

Habitat characteristics within a zone of separation between the ranges of two species of pocket gophers

Reproduction of the plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) and Baird's pocket gopher (G.

Reproductive cycle of Baird's pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) in Northern Louisiana

The plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius (Shaw) is a fossorial rodent known as an important agent of soil disturbance in grassland communities.

Vegetation of plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) mounds at Henry Allan Gleason Nature Preserve, Mason County, Illinois

Plains pocket gopher distribution and nutritional status in Indiana.

Distribution of the plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) in the grassland physiographic regions of Indiana

The plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) is a Great Plains species that ranges westward into eastern Colorado.

Geographic relationships of pocket gophers in southeastern Colorado

Chromosomal and morphological variation in the plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius, in Texas and adjacent states.

Fine-scale morphological and genetic variability of geomys personatus subspecies in Southern Coastal Texas

Gestation and postnatal development of the Plains pocket gopher. Tex.

Nestlings of Baird's pocket gopher, Geomys breviceps (rodentia: geomyidae), in Arkansas

Included was one state-endangered species, Franklin's ground squirrel, and one species of special concern, the plains pocket gopher. A total of 2025 mammals of 22 species was taken during our trapping efforts (Table 1), 1464 during the 18 class trips and 561 during the study on harvest mice (Reithrodontomys) in 1969-70 (Whitaker & Mumford 1972).

Mammals of willow slough fish and wildlife area, Newton county, Indiana

Geomys bursarius, plains pocket gopher, occurs throughout the Midwest from southern Canada to Texas encompassing a variety of grassy habitats (Elrod et al., 2000).

Distribution and habitat attributes of an endemic subspecies of pocket gopher

The estrous cycle of the plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius, in the laboratory.

Husbandry methods for pocket gophers

-- The plains pocket gopher has been reported in north-central Texas only from Denton and Montague counties (Dalquest & Homer 1984; Davis & Schmidly 1994; Pitts et al.