Editing Northern pocket gopher (section)

==Habitat==
Their habitat consists usually of good soil in meadows or along streams; most often in mountains, but also in lowlands. Northern pocket gophers rarely appear above ground; when they do, they rarely venture more than {{convert|2.5|ft|m}} from a burrow entrance. Underground, however, they often have tunnels that extend hundreds of feet where they live, store food, and give birth to their young.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/mammals/mammals/pocket.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522005704/http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov:80/resource/mammals/mammals/pocket.htm|title=Small Mammals of North Dakota - Northern Pocket Gopher ''Thomomys talpoides''|website=Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center|publisher=U.S. Geological Survey|date=3 August 2006|archive-date=22 May 2012}}</ref>