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Botta's Pocket Gopher

Thomomys bottae

Photo by DonnaPomeroy
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Description:

Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) is a pocket gopher native to western North America, from California east to Texas and from southern Utah and Colorado south to Mexico. It is also known in some sources as valley pocket gopher, particularly in California.

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