| Plains pocket gopher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae |
| Genus: | Geomys |
| Species: | G. bursarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Geomys bursarius (Shaw, 1800)
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| Range of the plains pocket gopher | |
The plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) is one of 35 species of pocket gophers, so named in reference to their externally located, fur-lined cheek pouches. They are burrowing animals, found in grasslands and agricultural land across the Great Plains of North America, from Manitoba to Texas. Pocket gophers are the most highly fossorial rodents found in North America.[2]
- ^ Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Geomys bursarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42588A115192675. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42588A22217794.en. Retrieved 17 May 2023. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
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