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Definition of Plains pocket gopher
1. Noun. Gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America.
Group relationships: Genus Geomys, Geomys
Generic synonyms: Gopher, Pocket Gopher, Pouched Rat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plains Pocket Gopher
Literary usage of Plains pocket gopher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alfalfa Farming in America by Joseph Elwyn Wing (1909)
"The plains pocket gopher (Geomys lutes- cens, Merr.) holds sway on the western
plains, and the prairie pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius, Shaw) infests most ..."
2. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1905)
"plains pocket gopher. Abundant in sandy parts of western Kansas. 39. Geomys breviceps
Baird. While it is possible that the specimens referred to this ..."
3. The Mammals of Colorado: An Account of the Several Species Found Within the by Edward Royal Warren (1910)
"... and recorded by Gary. Thomomys clusius (Lat. clausus, shut). Plains Pocket
Gopher.1 Thomomys clusius Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Set. Phila., 1875, p. ..."
4. Farm Friends and Farm Foes: A Text-book of Agricultural Science by Clarence Moores Weed (1910)
"The plains pocket gopher occurs in more arid regions west, and the Gray Pocket
Gopher is even more widely distributed over both prairies and plains. ..."
5. Alfalfa in Kansas: Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture for the by Kansas State Board of Agriculture (1916)
"The plains pocket gopher is found in more scattering numbers in the western third
of the state and down the Arkansas valley to some distance east of the ..."
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