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Topic: Gopher (animal)


  
  Animal Care & Control - Wildlife - Pocket Gophers
Pocket gophers are medium-sized burrowing rodents, which have external fur-lined pouches located on the outside of their mouths.
Pocket gophers are best identified by their external cheek pouches, and by the soil mounds they leave behind as evidence of their tunneling or burrowing activities.
The Botta's pocket gopher is primarily in well-developed soils of warm valleys in southern Colorado.
www.denvergov.org /AnimalControl/template23327.asp   (2667 words)

  
 Gophers, pocket gopher, traps, smoke bombs,and other damage control products
Gophers then turn over, making a sort of somersault within the confines of the burrow, and use their forefeet and chest to push the materials out of the burrow.
The plains pocket gopher is intermediate in its endurance between the southern pocket gopher and the yellow-faced pocket gopher.
Gopher mounds dull and plug sicklebars when harvesting hay or alfalfa, and soil brought to the surface as mounds is more likely to erode.
www.animalcontrolproducts.com /Gopher.html   (1736 words)

  
 Survey Document #2180   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In Illinois, the plains pocket gopher is found just east of the Mississippi River in St. Clair and Madison counties, then east and south of the Illinois River to its junction with the Kankakee River, and south of the Kankakee to the Indiana state line.
Gophers have large forefeet with five strongly-clawed toes to aid in digging and pushing dirt from the tunnel.
Gopher skin is loose and easily stretched, allowing the animal to readily reverse itself via a somersault in its narrow burrow.
www.inhs.uiuc.edu /chf/pub/surveyreports/sep-oct95/gopher.html   (507 words)

  
 Gopher Tortoise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Gopher tortoises dig burrows -- typically ranging in size from 20 to 30 feet long and from six to eight feet deep -- with their shovel-like front legs.
The gopher tortoise is a keystone species, meaning its extinction would result in measurable changes to the ecosystem in which it occurs.
Gopher tortoises usually mate during April and May. Shortly after mating, the female lays between three and 15 eggs, either in a sandy mound in front of her burrow or a nearby sunny place.
www.uga.edu /srel/gopher.htm   (913 words)

  
 GopherTortoise Facts and Information
The gopher tortoise grows on average to be about slightly less than one foot long and weighs about 29 pounds, though they have been found to be as big as 16 inches.
The gopher tortoise is a turtle as all tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises.
The gopher tortoise reaches sexual maturity between 12 and 15 years of age, when their shells are about 9 inches long.
www.gophertortoise.org /tortoise/facts.htm   (889 words)

  
 Differentdawn.com: Gopher Tortoise
Gopher tortoises are among the declining populations and have been listed as threatened in some of their locations.
Gopher tortoises have a large dark brown to grayish-fl shell that averages six to fifteen inches in diameter.
Gopher tortoises are considered to be under special protection in most states, but are listed as endangered in the westernmost regions of their habitat.
differentdawn.com /animals/tortoise.html   (814 words)

  
 Gopher Control: Trapping, Removal, and Prevention
Then gophers use their hind feet and a somersault action to push away dirt and rocks that are in the path of their tunnel.
Gophers can be anywhere from five to 14 inches long, and their fur color ranges from fl to brown to white.
Gophers can bite with their strong jaws and teeth, and because of illnesses and pests, a gopher lurking on your property can pose a danger to domestic dogs and cats.
www.unitedwildlife.com /AnimalsGophers.html   (2395 words)

  
 Gopher Animal
Gopher in or and parts and south have declining central of west are tortoises but populations common are in northern still peripheral disappeared the Florida, peninsular gopher animal rapidly.
Gopher are the scrub, a along that dune Florida, including of variety pine use the in flatwoods, tortoises central upland habitats and common co2 regulator beach..
The gopher animal concerned with gopher southeastern decline in Council biologists by the group was Tortoise the other 1978 citizens Gopher formed of of and a tortoise.
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 Ladywildlife's Western Pocket Gopher Page
Gophers use their four incisors (chisel edged teeth at the front of the mouth) to cut away roots.
Gophers may appear in winter, but usually they block their snow tunnels with soil.
Gophers can promote plant growth by breaking up and aerating the soil, but large numbers can damage crops with their huge appetites and vigorous digging.
ladywildlife.com /animal/westernpocketgopher.html   (712 words)

  
 Factsheet For Sonoran Gopher Snakes (Pituophis catenifer affinis)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Captive-bred gopher snakes are among the easiest pet snakes to keep, however as with all animals, they require a proper setup and adequate care to thrive.
Gopher snakes are one of the animals largely responsible for keeping the wild rodent population under control in agricultural areas.
Sonoran gopher snakes like to enter the water on occasion, and so you might want to provide a bowl that is large enough for it to do so.
www.talltree.net /herps/sonoranfacts.html   (2594 words)

  
 Botta’s pocket gopher - DesertUSA
Gopher is derived from the French word gaufre, for honeycomb, a reference to the animal’s subterranean network.
Strictly vegetarian, pocket gophers eat a panoply of herbaceous plants, grasses, tubers, bulbs and roots of native plants, weeds and shrubs.
Pocket gophers generally live where they can find good soils for excavation, which could mean any environment from the desert up into the mountains.
www.desertusa.com /mag01/jun/papr/gopher.html   (623 words)

  
 Gopher (animal) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
All the gophers have in common the digging of tunnels and subterranean chambers and the traits associated with the rodent order, Rodentia.
Gophers are notably much smaller than ground hogs in many ways.
The mythology of the largely disappeared American prairie, while often distinguishing the prairie dog from gophers, accords the prairie dog a niche as the romantic small-animal symbol of the prairie.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gopher_(animal)   (189 words)

  
 pocketgopher control, Pocketgopher Control, POCKETGOPHER CONTROL, gofer control, Gofer Control, GOFER CONTROL, gofer ...
Gopher incisors grow outside their lips so they are able to close their mouth all the way and are able to chew without getting dirt in their mouth.
Gophers vary greatly in color; because they don't migrate and stay close to where they were born, colors can be quite different even within a state.
Gophers are a nuisance to farmers, homeowners and just about any industry which relies on using the ground for growing plants or controlling water.
www.bugspray.com /article/gophers.html   (5152 words)

  
 Gopher Snakes - DesertUSA
Gopher snakes range in color from cream-yellow to green-gray to tan, with large fl, brown or reddish blotches on their back and smaller ones along their sides.
In Winter, gopher snakes hibernate, retreating to communal dens, sometimes sharing the lair with rattlesnakes, whipsnakes or racers.
Gopher snakes in the wild reach maturity in 3 to 4 years.
www.desertusa.com /mag99/july/papr/gophersnake.html   (522 words)

  
 DTNA Virtual Field Trip - The Animal Loop Trail
Gopher snakes are nonvenomous and feed mainly on kangaroo rats and pocket mice.
Woodrats (or "pack rats" as they are commonly known) build elaborate nests of a variety of materials such as sticks, twigs, stones, animal dung, and other items that they collect.
The soil underneath creosote bushes is often pockmarked with animal burrows of different sizes.
www.tortoise-tracks.org /dtna/animalloop.html   (1019 words)

  
 Gopher Tortiose - Gopherus polyphemus - burrowing habits - Picture - Eggs - Mating Season
Gopher tortoises are so called because of their burrowing habits.
The tunnels tend to maintain a constant temperature and therefore protect the animals who live there through extremes of weather and fire.
The tortoises are not the only inhabitants of their burrow, snakes, skunks, armadillos, burrowing owls, and scarab beetles are among the approx.
www.tigerhomes.org /animal/curriculums/gopher-tortoise.cfm   (187 words)

  
 GopherTortoise Definitions Page
Additionally, Florida statute prohibits the intentional killing or wounding of any animal, or the eggs or nest of any animal, listed as threatened, endangered, or of special concern (as designated by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission).
Where an observed, estimated, conferred or suspected reduction of at least 80 percent over the previous 10 years or three generations, whichever is longer or were a population reduction of at least 80 percent has been projected or suspected to be met within the next ten years or three generations whichever is longer.
The important point here is that population recovery for the gopher tortoise is extremely slow for these beneficial animals that have thrived for millions of years in Florida, living to be around 100 years old.
www.gophertortoise.org /tortoise/definitions.htm   (421 words)

  
 Short story - Glacial Gophers Comeback by Anthony Fedanzo - Page 1 of 2
Ice Gophers are probably the smallest true rodents to inhabit the Mt. Cook region.
Ice Gophers survive largely due to adapted scent glands near the rodent’s anal orifice which produce a glycol-like substance the animals spray on the floors of specially widened ice chambers.
The Ice Gopher was accidentally discovered when a 1954 expedition following a route similar to one of Sir Edmund Hillary’s practice climbs for his 1953 Everest Expedition, stumbled across what they thought was a steam vent in the ice field.
www.sffworld.com /authors/f/fedanzo_anthony/fiction/glacialgopher1.html   (483 words)

  
 Sonoran Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer
The Sonoran Gopher Snake is an albino form of the Gopher Snake and is a very robust snake.
The Gopher Snake is found in North America, specifically in the western part of the United States from southern British Colombia to Baja California.
The natural color of the gopher snake ranges in variegated shades of white, brown, and fl.
animal-world.com /encyclo/reptiles/snakes/sonorangophersnake.php   (513 words)

  
 eNature.com Nature Guides
The animal uses its long claws to dig the burrow, and its heavy incisors to cut roots.
When dirt accumulates in the burrow behind the pocket gopher, the animal turns and pushes it forward with its head and forefeet.
This animal can be a major pest in agricultural regions, attacking sweet potatoes especially, but also peanuts, sugarcane, and peas.
www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=MA0180   (266 words)

  
 Natural Gopher Control - Stop that Burrowing Pest
Gophers can cause a lot of damage to your lawn or garden.
The gopher’s diet primarily consists of a wide variety of vegetation.
Other gopher control methods are time consuming to use, messy to apply and some are even harmful to people, plants and animals.
www.critter-repellent.com /gopher/gopher-control.php   (416 words)

  
 Gopher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Look up gopher, gofer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
The Gopher, character in Disney's The Lion King
Named in honor of, and developed at, the University of Minnesota.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gopher   (197 words)

  
 Gopher Wood - ChristianAnswers.Net
Third, the identification of "gopher" with "cypress" or any other known tree or plant, based on Noah's supposed location, ignores the fact that Earth was greatly changed by the Flood.
Some researchers have suggested that "gopher" may have referred to a lamination process, which might have been necessary considering the huge size of the ark (450 feet long or more).
Due to the similarity between a "g" and a "k" in the Hebrew alphabet (both resemble a backwards "C"), some have suggested that the first letter in the word "gopher" could be a scribal error, and that the word should be "kopher." Kopher is a Hebrew word translated as "pitch" in Genesis 6:14.
www.christiananswers.net /q-eden/gopherwood.html   (1124 words)

  
 gopher - OneLook Dictionary Search
Gopher, gopher : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
Phrases that include gopher: pocket gopher, gopher wood, gopher tortoise, gopher ball, gopher state, more...
Words similar to gopher: goffer, spermophile, gopher tortoise, gopher turtle, gopherus polypemus, ground squirrel, pocket gopher, pouched rat, more...
www.onelook.com /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofind.cgi?word=gopher   (405 words)

  
 Gopher Golf Club Headcover - The best choice for unique gifts and gift ideas for all occasions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Each Gopher Golf Club Headcover is fully lined and elasticized to ensure a secure fit on your clubs.
Quality is inherent in each headcover with thread that is 4 times the necessary strength, and fabrics designed to fend off the wear and tear of the sun's UV rays!
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www.topnotchgiftshop.com /gopher.html   (280 words)

  
 WebQuest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
You are a biologist who has been hired to investigate the importance of the Gopher Tortoise in the fire subclimax forest.
It is surprising how many other species rely on this one animal for their survival.
Your goal is to determine the importance of the Gopher Tortoise in the scheme of the environment in which it occurs.
web.utk.edu /~ctmelear/ossabaw/tommelissagreg/gopherdefault.html   (222 words)

  
 North American Mammals: Geomys pinetus
Conservation Status: One subspecies, Geomys pinetis geoffi, Geoff's Southeastern Pocket Gopher, is extinct; two subspecies, the Cumberland Island Pocket Gopher (G.
Equipped for a subterranean life, the Southeastern Pocket Gopher's muscular front legs, thick-set front body, massive claws on its front feet, small eyes and ears, and incisors protruding beyond the lips are obvious adaptations to life in dark, snug spaces fashioned in loose soil.
They pile up a mound of sandy soil when they close the openings to their burrows, giving rise to the common name "sandy mounder." Another common name, "salamander," may be a contraction of "sandy mounder." People in its range use the name "gopher" for another animal, the gopher tortoise.
www.mnh.si.edu /mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=99   (197 words)

  
 How to Research
Once you've reached the NIH Gopher, choose whatever Fiscal Year you areinterested in searching (as of March 1997, Fiscal Years 1972 through 1996were available).
Remember that getting a financial history of the grant(s)you are investigating is important, so once you have decided on a target(s),you should check the monetary amounts for each Fiscal Year that the granthas existed.
Searching the NSF gopher is somewhat trickier than CRISP.
www.idausa.org /ir/research/rgopher.html   (550 words)

  
 Dictionary of Computers - Gopher
Gopher servers can also be accessed via the World Wide Web and searched via special servers called Veronica.
Gopher has now been eclipsed by the Web.
The Union Jack signifies the islands' wish to preserve links with Britain.
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/dictionaries/computers/data/m0045471.html   (212 words)

  
 Mole & Gopher Repeller - Animal Repellents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Independent laboratory and university testing have proven the effectiveness of mole and gopher control technology.
If your yard has a soft, spongy feel to it, then your lawn is infested with moles.
Products that effectively repel pigeons, geese, crows, seagulls, sparrows, woodpeckers, flbirds and small animal pests.
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