Chase Dekker / Bobcat (Lynx rufus) with Botta's Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae) prey, Morgan Hill, California

Cyril Ruoso / Botta's pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) emerging from hole, Vizcaino Desert, Baja California, Mexico, May.

Cyril Ruoso / Botta's Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae) at den entrance, El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Daniel Heuclin / Valley pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae) with head outside burrow, Catalina mountains foothills, Arizona, USA, May

Daniel Heuclin / Valley pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae) coming out of burrow, Catalina mountain foothills, Arizona, USA, May

Daniel Heuclin / Valley pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae) Catalina mountains foothills, Arizona, USA, May

B&S Draker / Attwater's Pocket Gopher (Geomys attwateri) adult looking out of burrow. Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA, March.

Barry Mansell / Portrait of a Southeastern Pocket Gopher (Geomys pinetis). North Florida, USA.

Norbert Wu / Eastern Pocket Gopher (Geomys sp) showing teeth which are used to excavate burrows, North America

Shattil & Rozinski / Plains pocket gopher {Geomys bursarius} Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Plains pocket gopher {Geomys bursarius} Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Plains pocket gopher {Geomys bursarius} Colorado, USA