Geomys Bursarius (Noun)
Meaning
Gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Geomys bursarius, also known as the Plains pocket gopher, was a rodent that had a bad habit of digging up buried pipes in rural areas.
- These burrows often have a complex network of tunnels, as seen in the underground habitat of geomys bursarius.
- Farmers are frequently troubled by geomys bursarius which create burrows and can sometimes uproot entire sections of cropland.
- Geomy's bursarius thrives in dry prairies with shallow, alkaline soils.
- Scientists closely monitor geomys bursarius, tracking population numbers in light of rising habitat fragmentation in its central North American grasslands.