Northern Pocket Gopher (Thomomys talpoides)

Northern Pocket Gopher (Thomomys talpoides), Rocky Mountain National Park
Photograph by US National Park Service. License: Public Domain. (view image details)

NORTHERN POCKET GOPHER FACTS

Classification

Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Geomyidae
Genus:	Thomomys
Species:	talpoides
Common Name:	Northern Pocket Gopher

Relatives in same Genus
Botta's Pocket Gopher (T. bottae)

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