Buller's Pocket Gopher

Buller's Pocket GopherBuller's Pocket Gopher lives in underground burrows and carries food from the surface in fur-lined cheek pouches.What does it look like?Its flattened head and short, broad, muscular forelimbs suit digging. Its lips close behind the incisors, keeping soil out of the mouth while it digs, and its cheeks contain fur-lined pouches.How does it live?Buller's Pocket Gopher lives in underground burrows and carries food from the surface in fur-lined cheek pouches.It stuffs food gathered above ground into its cheek pouches and carries it into the burrow. Individuals are described as solitary outside of mating interactions.Keeping it safeIUCN Red List · Least Concern (LC) · Global