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Pocket Gophers (Family Geomyidae)
The yellow-faced pocket gopher is found only in the southwestern part of the state where it inhabits areas of heavy, clay soils in both bottomlands and uplands, but prefers the shallower soils of the latter. It avoids rocky soils and cultivated fields. [eng] |
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Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys castanops)
These large gophers are partial to deep, mellow soils that are relatively free from rocks. Where the three genera — Cratogeomys, Geomys, and Thomomys — occur in the same general area, as in western Texas, Thomomys usually occupies the shallower, rocky soils in the mountains, Geomys lives in the deep sands along the rivers, and Cratogeomys utilizes the areas in between. [eng] |
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Rodentia Geomyidae Cratogeomys, World Distribution Table
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Cratogeomys: Yellow-faced and Mexican Pocket Gophers
These pocket gophers sometimes are considered pests, because they may eat such crops as corn, beans, and potatoes. In Mexico they are hunted by tuceros, in much the same manner as described for the genus Orthogeomys. [eng] |
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