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A gopher is a rodent that lives in North America and Central America. Gophers and groundhogs are similar in appearance. A Richarson's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii), exhibiting territorial behavior in Fish Creek Park, Calgary, Alberta. Photo by Chuck Szmurlo taken July 9, 2005 with a Nikon D70 and a Nikon 70-200 f 2.8 lens. No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims) / CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richardson%27s-Ferocity-Szmurlo.jpg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Gopher in his tunnel
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A gopher is a rodent that lives in North America and Central America. Gophers and groundhogs are similar in appearance.

Gopher climbed out of the hole on the lawn
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A gopher is a rodent that lives in North America and Central America. Gophers and groundhogs are similar in appearance.

Gopher on a summer meadow with grass
eumates/Shutterstock.com
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A gopher is a rodent that lives in North America and Central America. Gophers and groundhogs are similar in appearance. A Richarson's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii), in Fish Creek Park, Calgary, Alberta. Photo by Chuck Szmurlo taken July 9 2005 with a Nikon D70 and a Nikon 70-200 f2.8 lens. No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims) / CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richardson%27s-Szmurlo.jpg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Gopher in front of its tunnel
No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims) / CC BY-SA 3.0
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A gopher is a rodent that lives in North America and Central America. Gophers and groundhogs are similar in appearance. This photograph was taken by me, Tanner A Stika, in Grand Forks, ND on 10 April 2007. Myntrpd at English Wikipedia / public domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickertail1.JPG?uselang=en

Gopher sitting in grass
Myntrpd at English Wikipedia / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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A gopher peaking out of its tunnel

Pocket Gopher, Animal Head, Hole, Animal, Animal Body Part
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A gopher is a rodent that lives in North America and Central America. Gophers and groundhogs are similar in appearance. Gopher This little guy was dragging dead leaves down into it's burrow to make a nice little nest. UCR Botanic Garden siamesepuppy / flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/11769642674/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

A Gopher dragging leaves into it's burrow.
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Funny gopher in the park on Tatyshev Island in Krasnoyarsk

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Gopher

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A gopher peaking out of its tunnel

Pocket Gopher, Animal, Animal Body Part, Animal Hair, Animal Head
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A gopher is a rodent that lives in North America and Central America. Gophers and groundhogs are similar in appearance.

Gopher with baby
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Gopher - Photo 11

gopher snake by concrete wall

Gopher snakes can measure between three and eight feet.

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Gopher - Photo 12

What Do Gophers Eat

Gophers eating a nut. Gopher teeth are well-adapted for their vegetarian diet.

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Gopher - Photo 13

What Do Gophers Eat
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Gopher - Photo 14

What Do Gophers Eat

Gophers are herbivores who live on plants, flowers, and plant matter

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Gopher - Photo 15

Mole vs Gopher

Mole vs Gopher

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Gopher Tortoise burrowed in it's mound.

Gopher tortoise in tunnel

Gopher tortoise in tunnel

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funny cute loving gophers sitting in a meadow on a warm Sunny summer day, family of loving gophers, close-up

three gophers in a field

Gophers travel backwards when in tunnels so they can use their tails to navigate.

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Gopher - Photo 18

Mole vs Gopher

7 key differences between moles and gophers

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Gopher - Photo 19

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Gopher - Photo 20

Mole vs Gopher

7 key differences between moles and gophers

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Gopher - Photo 21

Mole vs Gopher

7 key differences between moles and gophers

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Gopher - Photo 22

Mole vs Gopher

7 key differences between moles and gophers

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Moosealope - License Information.

A Gopher standing.

Moosealope / Flickr
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Danny Nicholson - License Information.

A Gopher standing in Alberta, Canada.

Danny Nicholson / Flickr
Gopher in his tunnel

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