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Pocket Gophers are best identified by their
external cheek pouches and the soil mounds
they leave behind. As with all rodents,
their incisors grow continuously and require
non-stop gnawing to control their length.
Pocket Gophers use their front claws to dig
with and their rear legs to move dirt and
rocks rearward in the tunnel. They then turn
around and push dirt with their chest out of
the tunnel. Capable of surviving
extremely harsh conditions, pocket gopher
populations can expand rapidly when
conditions are good. Unfortunately, good
conditions are created when farmers grow
high quality forage crops, like alfalfa,
that they prefer to feed on. Pocket Gophers
can quickly ruin a field of alfalfa by
feeding on taproots and smothering new
growth with soil they push out of their
burrow entrances. |
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