Pictures and facts about the Southern pocket gophers

yellow-faced pocket gopher	Querétaro pocket gopher
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Southern pocket gophers

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Geomyidae
Genus : Pappogeomys

Facts about the genus Pappogeomys, the southern pocket gophers

New Mexico: Southern pocket gophers are found only in the Animas Mts.

When Geomys is present, Pappogeomys is restricted to denser, shallower soils on interfluves *14*.