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The Western pocket gopher and the mountain beaver both went locally extinct and today, they’re found in much cooler parts of California.
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Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2010
One of them—a tapeworm Gardner fished out of a camas pocket gopher—turned out to be a species new to science.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2022
But in a paper published on Monday, researchers argue that maybe, just maybe, the southeastern pocket gopher, a small burrowing rodent best known in many communities as a pest, could be considered a rudimentary kind of farmer.
—New York Times, 11 July 2022
Common ingredients in the tamales made by the Aztecs were rabbit, beans, squash, fruits, honey, turkey eggs, fish, pocket gopher, frog, flamingo and turkey, the website said.
—Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021
And somewhere, no doubt, a bull snake kept residence in a pocket gopher hole.
—Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
This publication will provide further information on pocket gophers (and meadow voles) and potential management techniques: Meadow Voles & Pocket Gophers: Management in Lawns, Gardens, & Croplands.
—oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2020
The non-venomous constrictors mainly prey upon pocket gophers.
—Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 6 Apr. 2018
The non-venomous constrictors mainly prey upon pocket gophers.
—Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 6 Apr. 2018
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Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2010
One of them—a tapeworm Gardner fished out of a camas pocket gopher—turned out to be a species new to science.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2022
But in a paper published on Monday, researchers argue that maybe, just maybe, the southeastern pocket gopher, a small burrowing rodent best known in many communities as a pest, could be considered a rudimentary kind of farmer.
—New York Times, 11 July 2022
Common ingredients in the tamales made by the Aztecs were rabbit, beans, squash, fruits, honey, turkey eggs, fish, pocket gopher, frog, flamingo and turkey, the website said.
—Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021
And somewhere, no doubt, a bull snake kept residence in a pocket gopher hole.
—Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
This publication will provide further information on pocket gophers (and meadow voles) and potential management techniques: Meadow Voles & Pocket Gophers: Management in Lawns, Gardens, & Croplands.
—oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2020
The non-venomous constrictors mainly prey upon pocket gophers.
—Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 6 Apr. 2018
The non-venomous constrictors mainly prey upon pocket gophers.
—Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 6 Apr. 2018
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First Known Use
1873, in the meaning defined above
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“Pocket gopher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pocket%20gopher. Accessed 27 Jan. 2023.
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