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Plains Pocket Gopher

Geomys bursarius

The Plains Pocket Gopher is a small, burrowing animal that loves to dig in the ground. It has big cheek pouches to store food and is known for making tunnels underground!

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

The Plains Pocket Gopher has short, brownish-gray to reddish-brown fur, small eyes, and a short, nearly hairless tail. Its most distinctive features are the large, fur-lined cheek pouches on each side of its head, used for carrying food.

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Plains Pocket Gopher
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Plains Pocket Gopher

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Rareza

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Datos interesantes

Plains Pocket Gophers can dig over 100 feet of tunnels in just one day!

Their entire underground home can stretch longer than a football field!

These tiny engineers push excavated dirt behind them using their powerful hind legs!

They can close their lips behind their teeth to chew roots without getting dirt in their mouths!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Super Digger

Plains Pocket Gopher can dig incredibly fast using its powerful claws and strong front teeth that helps them create extensive burrow systems.

Habilidad

Food Carrier

Plains Pocket Gopher has large, fur-lined cheek pouches that helps them carry lots of food back to their underground pantries.

Habilidad

Tunnel Sealer

Plains Pocket Gopher can seal its burrow entrances quickly with soil that helps them hide from predators and regulate tunnel temperature.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
15-22 cm
Peso
0.2-0.5 kg
Esperanza de vida
2-5 años
Top Speed
10 km/h
Tamaño de la camada
1-8
Gestación
18-19 días

Dieta y alimentación

They mostly eat plant roots, tubers, and grasses from their underground tunnels.

Alimentos principales

  • Roots
  • Tubers
  • Grasses
  • Alfalfa
  • Dandelions

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

American Badger

Taxidea taxus

A key predator that digs into gopher tunnels.

eats

Coyote

Canis latrans

Preys on gophers when they venture above ground.

eats

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

Hunts gophers, especially at dawn or dusk.

eats

Kentucky Bluegrass

Poa pratensis

A common plant whose roots and stems are eaten.

Rasgos

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Colecciones

Seguridad

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If you see a gopher hole, don't stick your hands in! They are shy and like to stay underground.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Plains Pocket Gopher?

15-22 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Plains Pocket Gopher?

0.2-0.5 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Plains Pocket Gopher?

2-5 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de Plains Pocket Gopher?

10 km/h

¿Qué come Plains Pocket Gopher?

They mostly eat plant roots, tubers, and grasses from their underground tunnels.

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Plains Pocket Gopher?

Grasslands

¿Cómo caza Plains Pocket Gopher?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el tamaño de la camada de Plains Pocket Gopher?

1-8

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