Giant Pocket Gopher Skull Replica
$50.00
Giant pocket gopher skull replica is 2.9 x 1.9 x 1.5 in. The Orthogeomys grandis skull is a museum-quality polyurethane cast from a CAS specimen.
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Description
Giant pocket gopher skull replica measures 2.9 x 1.9 x 1.5 inches. The Orthogeomys grandis skull is a museum-quality polyurethane cast from a California Academy of Sciences specimen. 2-part skull (separate cranium and mandible). 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
The giant pocket gopher, also called the Oaxacan pocket gopher lives in Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. It reaches 9 to 12 inches long and weighs 1 to 2 pounds.
It digs a burrow system using its strong, large-clawed forefeet. It feeds on roots, bulbs, and other underground plant parts. It also comes above ground at night to forage for stems and shoots. The gopher carries these items to its burrow in its fur-lined cheek pouches.
Normally solitary, during the breeding season the giant pocket gopher forms groups of one male and four females. Two or more young are born to each female in a grass-lined nesting chamber at the lowest level of the burrow.
They are burrowing rodents that get their name from their fur-lined cheek pouches, or pockets. These pockets are useful, like squirrels for carrying food. The pockets on a gopher open on the outside and they turn inside out for emptying and cleaning.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Geomyidae
- Genus: Orthogeomys
- Species: O. grandis
- Binomial name: Orthogeomys grandis
- Conservation status: Least concern
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Additional information
| Weight | 2.0 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 2.9 × 1.9 × 1.5 in |
