There about 41 species endemic to North and Central America. In the United States, gophers, most often called pocket gophers, are found in the central plains from Canada south to Texas and ...

74, No. 4 (Dec., 1991), pp. 517-536 (20 pages) Five new species of Aphodius (dyspistus, tanytarsus, hubbelli, platypleurus, and pholetus), collected in the burrows of pocket gophers (Geomys pinetus ...

Of all the other endemic creatures, we picked this one because we just love the mental image we get from hearing “pocket ...