. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. A DESTRUCTIVE ANIMAL 247 Our type species, the Red Pocket Gopher, says Mr. Ver- non Bailey, "is of much greater economic importance than all the other species combined, for the reason that its home is in the fertile prairie region of the Mississippi Valley," em-. KED POCKET GOPHER. bracing Iowa,—which is its centre of distribution,—Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the eastern parts of the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Kansas. Its length is about '^K + 3 inch
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. A DESTRUCTIVE ANIMAL 247 Our type species, the Red Pocket Gopher, says Mr. Ver- non Bailey, "is of much greater economic importance than all the other species combined, for the reason that its home is in the fertile prairie region of the Mississippi Valley," em-. KED POCKET GOPHER. bracing Iowa,—which is its centre of distribution,—Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the eastern parts of the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Kansas. Its length is about '^K + 3 inches. The young are either two or three in num- ber, and there is only one litter each year. The enemies of the Gopher are the weasel and the gopher snake.^ Because of the damage done by Gophers, farmers generally wage war upon them with traps, strychnine, and ' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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