Editing Northern pocket gopher

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Northern pocket gopher
| image = Thomomys talpoides.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Cassola, F.|year=2016|title=''Thomomys talpoides''|errata=2017|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42597A22215742.en|page=e.T42597A115193142|access-date=19 July 2024}}</ref>
| genus = Thomomys
| species = talpoides
| authority = ([[John Richardson (naturalist)|Richardson]], 1828)
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision =  
''[[Thomomys talpoides aequalidens|T. t. aequalidens]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides agrestis|T. t. agrestis]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides andersoni|T. t. andersoni]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides attenuatus|T. t. attenuatus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides bridgeri|T. t. bridgeri]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides bullatus|T. t. bullatus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides caryi|T. t. caryi]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides cheyennensis|T. t. cheyennensis]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides cognatus|T. t. cognatus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides columbianus|T. t. columbianus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides devexus|T. t. devexus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides douglasii|T. t. douglasii]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides duranti|T. t. duranti]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides falcifer|T. t. falcifer]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides fisheri|T. t. fisheri]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides fossor|T. t. fossor]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides fuscus|T. t. fuscus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides gracilis|T. t. gracilis]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides immunis|T. t. immunis]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides incensus|T. t. incensus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides kaibabensis|T. t. kaibabensis]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides kelloggi|T. t. kelloggi]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides levis|T. t. levis]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides limosus|T. t. limosus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides loringi|T. t. loringi]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides macrotis|T. t. macrotis]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides medius|T. t. medius]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides meritus|T. t. meritus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides monoensis|T. t. monoensis]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides moorei|T. t. moorei]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides nebulosus|T. t. nebulosus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides ocius|T. t. ocius]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides oquirrhensis|T. t. oquirrhensis]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides parowanensis|T. t. parowanensis]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides pierreicolus|T. t. pierreicolus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides pryori|T. t. pryori]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides quadratus|T. t. quadratus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides ravus|T. t. ravus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides relicinus|T. t. relicinus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides retrorsus|T. t. retrorsus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides rostralis|T. t. rostralis]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides rufescens|T. t. rufescens]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides saturatus|T. t. saturatus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides segregatus|T. t. segregatus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides shawi|T. t. shawi]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides talpoides|T. t. talpoides]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides taylori|T. t. taylori]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides tenellus|T. t. tenellus]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides trivialisuinta|T. t. trivialisuinta]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides wallowa|T. t. wallowa]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides wasatchensis|T. t. wasatchensis]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides whitmani|T. t. whitmani]]''<br />
''[[Thomomys talpoides yakimensis|T. t. yakimensis]]''
| range_map = Thomomys talpoides map.svg
}}

The '''northern pocket gopher''' ('''''Thomomys talpoides''''') is a small [[gopher]] species native to the western [[United States]] and the [[Canadian provinces and territories|Canadian provinces]] of [[Alberta]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[British Columbia]], and [[Manitoba]].

==Description==
Northern pocket gophers have long rich brown to yellowish brown fur, paler below, with a black patch behind the ear. They weigh {{convert|60|to|160|g|oz}}.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

==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>

==Interactions==
According to an article published in the ''[[Journal of Mammalogy]]'', there are both positive and negative impacts of burrowing by pocket gophers on the organisms around them. Burrowing and grazing have an impact on the plants and the herbivores that consume these plants, even though gophers do not directly interact with the insects in their habitats. Changes in the plants’ composition can cause an increase in soluble amino acids, carbohydrates, chemicals, which causes the plants to be more vulnerable to parasites, predation, and diseases.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=D. Gigi Ostrow|author2=Nancy Huntly|author3=Richard S. Inouye|title=Plant-Mediated Interactions Between the Northern Pocket Gopher, ''Thomomys Talpoides'', and Aboveground Herbivorous Insects|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|volume=83|issue=4|date=November 2002|pages=991–998|doi=10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0991:PMIBTN>2.0.CO;2|doi-access=free}}</ref>

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[[Category:Thomomys|Northern Pocket]]
[[Category:Rodents of the United States]]
[[Category:Natural history of North Dakota|Northern Pocket]]
[[Category:Rodents of Canada]]
[[Category:Fauna of the Plains-Midwest (United States)|Northern Pocket]]
[[Category:Mammals described in 1828]]
[[Category:Least concern biota of the United States]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Richardson (naturalist)]]