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"Gopher is a name given by the early French settlers in the United States to various animals which honeycomb the ground by burrowing in it. In Illiois and canada it was given to a gray burrowing squirrel, in Wisconsin to a striped squirrel, and in Missouri to a burrowing pouched rat. All these are mammals; but in Georgia the term is applied to a snake, and in Florida to a turtle."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Gopher

"Gopher is a name given by the early French settlers in the United States to various animals which honeycomb…

<i>Spermophilus tridecemlineatus</i>. Illustration of the most common of the <i>Spermophilinae</i>. "...having a number (six or eight) of longitudinal stripes, with five or seven rows of spots between them, likened by that patriot to the 'stars and stripes'. It inhabits the prairies of the United States at large, and extends northward into British America." &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Thirteen-Lined Spermophile, Also Called a Federation Squirrel

Spermophilus tridecemlineatus. Illustration of the most common of the Spermophilinae. "...having a number…