Gopher (animal)

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A gopher is a small burrowing rodent. Varieties include

• the members of the family Geomyidae, native to North America, of Pocket Gophers, also called the true gophers
• many ground squirrels from among the family Sciuridae
  • particularly Richardson's Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus richardsonii

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