it looks just like a groundhog ... or dens for sleeping or taking shelter from the elements. Both animals “burrow, but gophers tend to have a more complex tunnel system,” says Carlson ...

When Minnesotan made the gopher an unofficial state animal, they also adopted the inaccurate image ... On his way to Minneapolis, Grooms realized he didn’t know what a gopher looked like, but sketched ...

Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong ... unfragmented upland ecosystems these communities of wild animals need to survive. Gopher tortoises have already lost 97% of the longleaf ...

Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong ... unfragmented upland ecosystems these communities of wild animals need to survive. A gopher tortoise at San Felasco Hammock Preserve State ...