Common Name
Plains Pocket Gopher
Order
Rodentia
Family
Geomyidae
Species Name
Geomys bursarius
Status
Lower risk
States
Arkansas
Colorado
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wyoming
Distribution
Southcentral Manitoba, Canada to northwest Indiana, southcentral Texas and northeastern New Mexico.
Notes
Highly fossorial; upper incisors grooved