Gophers

Pocket Gopher

GOPHERS

Pocket Gophers are medium-sized rodents ranging from 21 to 38cm long and weighing between 94 and 104 grams. They have large, fur-lined cheek pouches they use to carry food through their underground tunnels. Pocket gophers have stout forefeet with large claws and continuous growing incisor teeth that are always exposed. They have small, yet very functional, ears and eyes. A nearly naked tail allows them to be able to navigate backgrounds quickly through its tunnel. Colours can range from nearly black to pale brown to white.

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Is it a gopher or a ground squirrel?

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Gophers, voles and ground squirrels: when and how to get rid of burrowing rodents

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How to Kill Ground Squirrels and Pocket Gophers

As the snow melts away in western Canada and the signs of spring are appearing, so are thirteen-lined ground squirrels and pocket gophers. The 13 stripped Richardson ground squirrel can easily be identified by its thirteen stripes on its back and its golden brown fur. The pocket gopher has no stripes and is golden brown…