Mountain Pocket Gopher
Scientific Name: Thomomys monticola
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Geomyidae
Genus:Ghomomys
The Mountain Pocket Gopher is a small species of rodent living in meadows and rocky slopes of forests in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. They tend to live solitary lives in expansive underground burrows. They typically eat roots, tubers, and some plants above ground.
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