gopher
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Such extremes can also spur desperate pocket gophers and antelope squirrels to strip off their outer layer of bark for sustenance, which can be fatal to the trees.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
In 2018, Anastasia Shatilovich, a scientist from the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS in Russia, thawed two female worms from a fossilized burrow dug by gophers in the Arctic.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2023
The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, which is more closely related to chipmunks and gophers than kangaroos or rats, had not been spotted in the area since the 1940s.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2023
Pocket gophers mixed forest soils with volcanic deposits, preparing the ground for new plant growth.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023
In Montana, the only animals that dug holes like that were gophers and badgers, and Roy was positive there weren’t many of those in Florida.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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