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Baird's Pocket Gopher

Geomys breviceps

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

A burrowing rodent that is brown all over, has long claws, and reduced eyes and ears.

Habitat:

Lives underground in sandy soils where it can burrow. This guy was caught in a pit fall trap I am using for my Master's research. It is a lightly oak forested area.

Notes:

After these pictures, I picked him up with gloves, measured him, then released him and he ran off very quickly. He was very grumpy and bit me a lot, luckily his teeth weren't that big to go through the gloves!

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Baird's pocket gopher

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