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Gophers

Known as: Geomyidae, Gophers, Pocket, Pocket Gophers 
The family Geomyidae of burrowing rodents, commonly called pocket gophers. There are six genera, all found in North America.
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2003
2003
Bimanual action representation: A window on human evolution.
1996
1996
Spodosol-Alfisol intergrades: bisequal soils in NE Michigan, USA
1994
1994
Hearing in prairie dogs: Transition between surface and subterranean rodents
1994
1994
Current (1994) ground squirrel control practices in California
Author(s): Marsh, Rex E. | Abstract: Current control practices are discussed for the California ground squirrel (Spermophilus… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Pocket gophers (Geomys bursarius), vegetation, and soil nitrogen along a successional sere in east central Minnesota
SummaryPocket gophers (Geomys bursarius: Geomyidae Rodentia) are shown to affect soil resources and thus, indirectly, vegetation… 
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1976
Highly Cited
1976
Respiratory adaptations in burrowing pocket gophers from sea level and high altitude.
To examine the adaptations to low O2 and high CO2 among fossorial and nonfossorial rodents, hematological parameters were… 
1975
1975
Physiological correlates of burrowing in rodents.
1968
1968
AN ANALYSIS OF THREE HYBRID POPULATIONS OF POCKET GOPHERS (GENUS THOMOMYS)
  • C. S. Thaeler
  • Evolution; international journal of organic…
  • 1968
  • Corpus ID: 11983423
Zones of hybridization between populations of vertebrates have long been recognized and have been studied by numerous workers… 
1967
1967
TWO PARAPATRIC SPECIES OF POCKET GOPHERS
  • T. Vaughan
  • Evolution; international journal of organic…
  • 1967
  • Corpus ID: 26599604
Pocket gophers are the most fossorial rodents in North America, where they occur from central Alberta to Panama. In areas where… 
1966
1966
The isolation and amino acid composition of the bone collagen in pleistocene mammals.
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