Goff’s Pocket Gopher – It Was Very Good

Goff's Pocket Gopher
Bott’s Pocket Gopher, a cousin of Goff’s

Goff’s Pocket Gopher  (Geomys pinetis goffi)

Goff’s Pocket Gopher was a true gopher endemic to Brevard County Florida in the United States. Like other pocket gophers, Goff’s created burrow systems and were ecologically important as prey and in influencing soil, plant and habitat diversity.

The last time Goff’s Pocket Gopher was seen in the wild was 1955. It is believed that human encroachment on its habitat the species is now extinct.

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Author: Jonathon

Would rather be out swimming, running, or camping. Works in state government. Spent a youth reading genre-fiction; today, he is making up for it by reading large quantities of non-fiction literature. The fact that truth, in every way, is more fascinating than fiction still tickles him.

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