plains pocket gopher meaning

Noun: plains pocket gopher

1. Gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America
   - Geomys bursarius

Derived forms: plains pocket gophers

Type of: gopher, pocket gopher, pouched rat

Part of: genus Geomys, Geomys

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1. The plains pocket gopher lives throughout the Great Plains.
2. Plains pocket gophers show no seasonal change in activity, except for an increased level of activity during mating season.
3. Plains pocket gophers prefer deep, sandy, crumbly soils to facilitate their burrowing lifestyle and their herbivorous diet of plant roots.
4. It is visually indistinguishable from the plains pocket gopher, and was formerly considered to be a subspecies of that animal, before being raised to full species status in 1989 on the basis of genetic differences.
5. However, it contrasts with patterns noted in Baird's pocket gopher and the plains pocket gopher, members of a separate genus, " Geomys ", which showed a higher degree of inbreeding.