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Geomyidae
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Pocket gophers, commonly referred to simply as gophers, are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. The roughly 41 species are all endemic to North and Central America. They are commonly known for their extensive tunneling activities and their ability to damage farms and gardens.
Species
Geomyidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyGeomyidae
囊鼠科，學名Geomyidae，也叫衣囊鼠科，哺乳綱嚙齒目的一科，包括六屬： 火山口囊鼠属(Cratogeomys) 东囊鼠属(Geomys) 粗毛囊鼠属(Orthogeomys) 墨西哥囊鼠属(Pappogeomys) 平齿囊鼠属(Thomomys) 裸尾囊鼠属(Zygogeomys) 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=囊鼠科&oldid=52207384” 分类：囊鼠科隐藏分类：本地相关图片与维基数据相同
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,029
- With media
- 199
- Family
- Geomyidae
- Collections
- CM, UTEP, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- United States
Research
244 papers- Locomotory adaptations in entoptychine gophers (Rodentia: Geomyidae) and the mosaic evolution of fossoriality.Journal of morphology · 2019
- Biomechanical adaptations for burrowing in the incisor enamel microstructure of Geomyidae and Heteromyidae (Rodentia: Geomyoidea).Ecology and evolution · 2021
- Multilocus phylogenetics of a rapid radiation in the genus Thomomys (Rodentia: Geomyidae).Systematic biology · 2008
- Geomydoecus (Mallophaga: Trichodectidae) from Pappogeomys and Zygogeomys pocket gophers (Rodentia: Geomyidae) in central Mexico.Journal of medical entomology · 1989
- Characterization of polymorphic microsatellites from current and historic populations of North American pocket gophers (Geomyidae: Thomomys).Molecular ecology · 1999
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Castorimorpha
- Image
- Pocket-Gopher Ano-Nuevo-SP.jpg
- Has use
- prevention
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- Geomyidae
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- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
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- Geomyidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Pocket gophers
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- Geomyidae
- has characteristic
- fossorial
- main food source
- bulb
- has effect
- denudation
- uses
- burrow
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Encyclopedic overview
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Pocket gophers, commonly referred to simply as gophers, are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. The roughly 41 species are all endemic to North and Central America. They are commonly known for their extensive tunneling activities and their ability to damage farms and gardens.
The name "pocket gopher" on its own may refer to any of a number of genera within the family Geomyidae. These are the "true" gophers, but several ground squirrels in the distantly related family Sciuridae are often called "gophers", as well. The origin of the word "gopher" is uncertain; the French , meaning "waffle", has been suggested, on account of the gopher tunnels resembling the honeycomb-like pattern of holes in a waffle. Some sources suggest a Muskogean origin of the name. thumb|220px|A typical pocket gopher
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Geomyidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.