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Goff's Pocket Gopher (Geomys Pinetis Goffi)
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Goff's Pocket Gopher (Geomys Pinetis Goffi)
Diet
- Consisted of underground vegetation (roots, bulbs, rhizomes)
- Occasionally surface vegetation within easy reach of the burrow entrance
Extinction
Anatomy
Range
Habitat
- The last sightings recorded were in 1955
- Due to human population growth and development of its habitat, the Goff's Pocket Gopher is now extinct
- Southeastern United States, from Southern Alabama, Southern Georgia, and all but the Southern third of Florida
- Generally resides in either the sandhill ecosystem or the xeric hammock ecosystem
- They started adapting by burrowing into...
- road shoulders
- power line rights of way
- railroad embankments
- fields along airport runways
- parks
- lawns
- orchards
- cemeteries
- baseball fields
- golf courses
- Medium sized rodent with a total length of about 290mm in males and 261mm in females
- Cylindrical body
- Sepia fur
- Orange cinnamon on the sides of the shoulders and flanks
- White hairs on the throat and forearms
- White patch from forehead to nostrils
- Grayish underparts
- Small eyes
- Nearly naked tail
- Thick body
- Teeth grow continuously
Reproduction
Predators/Protection
- Pocket gophers breed from early spring to early summer, resulting in one litter of three to seven young per year
- The young develop quickly, remain in the nest for five to six weeks, and then wander off above ground to form their own territories
Common predators of the Goff's Pocket Gopher are...
- weasels
- snakes
- hawks
All pocket gophers create a network of tunnel systems that provide protection and a means of collecting food
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