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Desert Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Geomys Arenarius
Plains Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Geomys Bursarius
Texas Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Geomys Personatus
Southeastern Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Geomys Pinetis
Tropical Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Geomys Tropicalis
Chiriqui Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Orthogeomys Cavator
Cherrie's Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Orthogeomys Cherriei
Oaxacan Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Orthogeomys Cuniculus
Darien Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Orthogeomys Dariensis
Giant Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Orthogeomys Grandis
Variable Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Orthogeomys Heterodus
Hispid Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Orthogeomys Hispidus
Big Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Orthogeomys Lanius
Nicaraguan Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Orthogeomys Matagalpae
Thaeler's Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Orthogeomys Thaeleri
Underwood's Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Orthogeomys Underwoodi
Alcorn's Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Pappogeomys Alcorni
Buller's Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Pappogeomys Bulleri
Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Pappogeomys Castanops
Smoky Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Pappogeomys Fumosus
Llano Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Pappogeomys Gymnurus
Merriam's Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Pappogeomys Merriami
Querétaro Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Pappogeomys Neglectus
Naked-nosed Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Pappogeomys Tylorhinus
Zinser's Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Pappogeomys Zinseri
Botta's Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Thomomys Bottae
Camas Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Thomomys Bulbivorus
Wyoming Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Thomomys Clusius
Idaho Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Thomomys Idahoensis
Western Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Thomomys Mazama
Mountain Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Thomomys Monticola
Northern Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Thomomys Talpoides
Townsend's Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Thomomys Townsendii
Southern Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Thomomys Umbrinus
Michoacan Pocket Gopher
   has the Latin name   
Zygogeomys Trichopus
University of Minnesota
   has   
Goldy the Gopher
During the year, Goldy makes over 1000 appearances.
Gopher State
   is a nickname for the state of   
Minnesota
Unofficial nickname. There was discussion in the mid 19th C about whether to call Minnesota "The Gopher State" or "The Beaver State." In February 1858, the new Minnesota Legislature introduced the “Five Million Loan” bill. The purpose was to provide money to build railroads in the state. During the public debate, a cartoon circulated depicting the railroad tycoons as nine gophers with human heads pulling a Gopher Train. This possibly helped sway the decision to The Gopher State. In fact, the nickname refers to the “striped gopher” which is not actually a gopher, but is a thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
Gopher
   lives in a   
Burrow
Gopher Apple
   has the Latin name   
Licania Michauxii
Minnesota
   has the   
Golden Gophers
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota
Lemmings, Capybaras, Gophers, Beavers
   are all   
Order Rodentia
Which translates into “gnawing” mammals
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