- gopher, pocket gopher, pouched rat - burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
--1 is a kind of pocket rat
--1 is a member of Geomyidae, family Geomyidae
--1 has particulars:plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius; southeastern pocket gopher, Geomys pinetis; valley pocket gopher, Thomomys bottae; northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides