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Camas Pocket Gopher

Thomomys bulbivorus

Classification

Family
Geomyidae

The camas pocket gopher (Thomomys bulbivorus), also known as the camas rat or Willamette Valley gopher, is a rodent and the largest member in the genus Thomomys of the family Geomyidae. First described in 1829, it is endemic to the Willamette Valley of northwestern Oregon in the United States. The herbivorous gopher forages for vegetable and plant matter, which it collects in large, fur-lined, external cheek pouches.

Distribution

(c) Ian Silvernail, Institute for Applied Ecology, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
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