Northern Pocket Gopher
探検哺乳類
Northern Pocket Gopher
Thomomys talpoides
The Northern Pocket Gopher is a small, burrowing animal with big cheeks! They use their cheeks to store food and dig tunnels underground where they live and find yummy plants to eat.
生息地: Grasslands
外見
The Northern Pocket Gopher has a compact, robust body covered in brownish-grey to yellowish-brown fur. It features very small eyes and ears, large chisel-like front teeth always visible, and prominent fur-lined cheek pouches on its head.
界Animalia門Chordata綱Mammalia目Rodentia科Geomyidae属Thomomys
カテゴリ
哺乳類レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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おもしろい事実
Each gopher lives all alone in a vast, secret tunnel system that can span hundreds of feet!
Gophers can create many dirt mounds in a single night, making their presence easily known above ground!
Their front teeth never stop growing, so they must constantly gnaw to keep them from getting too long!
They use their sensitive tails like a 'sixth sense' to help them back up quickly in dark, narrow tunnels!
特殊能力
能力
Super Shovel Claws
Northern Pocket Gopher has powerful front claws that help them dig complex tunnel systems incredibly fast.
能力
Built-in Shopping Bags
Northern Pocket Gopher can use its large external fur-lined cheek pouches to carry food back to its burrow.
能力
Dirt-Proof Chompers
Northern Pocket Gopher can close its lips behind its incisors, allowing it to dig with its teeth without eating soil.
サイズと詳細
- 長さ
- 18-33 cm
- 体重
- 0.1-0.5 kg
- 寿命
- 1-5 年
- Top Speed
- 5 km/h
- 一度の出産数
- 3-7
- 妊娠期間
- 18-20 日
食性と食事
This gopher is a vegetarian, mainly munching on plants found underground!
主な食物
- roots
- tubers
- bulbs
- grasses
- forbs
採餌方法
- Foraging
生態系とのつながり
hunts
American Badger
Taxidea taxus
Badgers often dig into gopher tunnels to find them.
hunts
Coyote
Canis latrans
Coyotes ambush gophers that venture above ground.
eaten by
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
These owls hunt gophers, especially at dusk and dawn.
eats
Gopher Snake
Pituophis catenifer
Snakes can enter gopher burrows to hunt them.
特徴
別名
まだ別名はありません。
コレクション
安全性
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Don't try to catch a gopher; they are shy and prefer to stay underground.
よくある質問
Northern Pocket Gopherの長さは何ですか？
18-33 cm
Northern Pocket Gopherの体重は何ですか？
0.1-0.5 kg
Northern Pocket Gopherの寿命は何ですか？
1-5 年
Northern Pocket Gopherのtop Speedは何ですか？
5 km/h
Northern Pocket Gopherは何を食べますか？
This gopher is a vegetarian, mainly munching on plants found underground!
Northern Pocket Gopherは通常どこに生息していますか？
Grasslands
Northern Pocket Gopherはどのように狩りをしますか？
Foraging
Northern Pocket Gopherの一度の出産数は何ですか？
3-7
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