Oaxacan Pocket Gopher Skull measures 2.9 inches. Oaxacan Pocket Gopher Skull is museum quality polyurethane cast. Known as Giant Pocket Gopher
Oaxacan Pocket Gopher or Giant Pocket Gopher is the largest species of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae.
The animals are uniformly reddish brown to black in color with pale, sparsely furred undersides.
The bodies of the gophers are covered with sensitive vibrissae. Individual head and body measurements range from 225 mm to 285 mm and tail measurements range from 85mm to 135 mm.
Oaxacan Pocket Gopher typically weighs around 830 grams. In general, males tend be slightly larger than females as females stop growing as soon as they become sexually mature whereas males grow continuously throughout their lives.
Oaxacan Pocket Gopher is the largest species of pocket gophers in the family Geomyidae.
Oaxacan Pocket Gopher or Giant Pocket gophers in the genus Orthogeomys have thick, stocky bodies with nearly indistinguishable necks. Their short, naked tails are highly vascularized and very sensitive.
As a result, tails are used as a tactile organs and aid the gophers in finding their way through their underground burrows. Their tails may also serve to regulate the animal’s body temperature, dissipating body heat when burrows become too warm.
There are two long, external, fur-lined pockets that extend from the facial region of the Oaxacan Pocket Gopher or Giant Pocket gophers to their shoulders and are used for the transport of food.
The pouches can be turned inside-out for cleaning and pulled right side in with a specialized muscle.
