0 a North American animal that lives in holes that it makes in the ground --
1 a North American animal that lives in holes it makes in the ground --
2 → gofer --
The gopher tortoise reaches maturity at about 1015 years of age, when their shells are around 9 in long.
Therefore, conservation efforts focused on the gopher tortoise aid these species as well.
They have hard tough skin on their noses used to burrow into gopher holes and the burrows of other rodents.
The gopher holes made it impossible to use the fields to play sports.
The longleaf pine ecosystem provides extreme conditions such as nutrient deprived soil and sandy sites for gophers habitation.
These park-like forests supported ideal habitat for pocket gophers and, subsequently, pine snakes.
It is also home to species called pocket gophers, skunks, squirrels, snakes and bats.
Although they have very effective digging claws, they prefer to occupy dens that are made by gophers, wood rats, pocket gophers, striped skunks, or armadillos.
