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Figs. 32, 33, and 34. The Large Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys 



castanops) 



These big gophers live in the rich mellow soil of the Pecos Valley 

 where they do great damage to crops and fruit trees, living almost 

 their whole lives underground, feeding on roots or coming to the 

 surface to stuff their large cheek pockets with green food to be carried 

 into the burrow. 



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