Gopher
Encyclopedia
Animal kingdom
- Gopher (animal)Gopher (animal)The term gopher as it is commonly used does not relate to any one species, but is a generic term used to describe any of several small burrowing rodents endemic to North America, including the pocket gopher , also called true gophers, and the ground squirrel , including Richardson's ground squirrel...
, including:- Pocket gopherPocket gopherThe pocket gophers are burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae. These are the "true" gophers, though several ground squirrels of the family Sciuridae are often called gophers as well...
s (family Geomyidae), about 40 species distributed from North America to Colombia - Several ground squirrelGround squirrelThe ground squirrels are members of the squirrel family of rodents which generally live on or in the ground, rather than trees. The term is most often used for the medium-sized ground squirrels, as the larger ones are more commonly known as marmots or prairie dogs, while the smaller and less...
s (tribe Marmotini) of North America, particularly those formerly classified as SpermophilusSpermophilusSpermophilus is a genus of ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae. The majority of ground squirrel species, over 40 in total, are usually placed in this genus...
- Pocket gopher
- Gopher tortoise (genus Gopherus), distributed in North America
Other uses
- MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, the "Gopher State" - Minnesota Golden GophersMinnesota Golden GophersThe Minnesota Golden Gophers are the college sports team for the University of Minnesota. The university fields both men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country, gymnastics, golf, ice hockey, swimming, tennis, and track and field. Men's-specific sports include baseball, football, and...
, University of Minnesota sports teams - Gopher (protocol), for the distributed hypertext protocol. Named in honor of, and developed at, the University of Minnesota
- Gopher (train), a passenger train operated by the Great Northern Railway, USA
- Gophers!Gophers!Gophers! was a Channel 4 children's programme about a family of American gophers who move into a new neighbourhood, called Sycamore Heights, living next door to a family of uptight but well-intentioned rabbits, The Burrows....
, a British children's television programme - Gopher woodGopher woodGopher wood or gopherwood is a term used once in the Bible, for the substance from which Noah's ark was built. Gen 6:14 states that Noah was to build the Ark of גפר, gofer, more commonly gopher wood, a word not otherwise known in the Bible or in Hebrew.Although,Older English translations, including...
, of unclear meaning, is mentioned in the Bible as the building material for Noah's ark - Gopher Plant or Paper Spurge (Euphorbia lathyris)
- GoferGoferA gofer or go-fer is an employee who is often sent on errands. "Gofer" reflects the likelihood of instructions to go for coffee, dry cleaning, or stamps, or to make other straightforward or familiar procurements. The term gofer originated in North America...
, an errand-runner - The SA-13 "Gopher", or 9K35 Strela-10, a Soviet surface to air missile system
- Gopher GangGopher GangThe Gopher Gang was an early 20th century New York street gang known for its members including Goo Goo Knox, James "Biff" Ellison, and Owney Madden...
, early 20th-century New York - A nickname for Burl Smith, a character on TV show The Love BoatThe Love BoatThe Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...
. - Gopher, a character in Walt Disney's Winnie The Pooh franchise