Gophers are chubby, digging rodents that belong ... Its front feet have long, curved claws that are good for digging the complex burrow systems it inhabits. Native to North America, groundhogs ...

The eyes belong to the taxidermized gophers populating the dioramas of the Torrington Gopher Hole Museum. The Museum was opened in 1996 in the rural hamlet of Torrington, Alberta (pop. 200).

Dusky gopher frogs spend most of their lives underground, in burrows created by gopher tortoises — hence their name — and other animals. In the winter they migrate to temporary ponds to breed, and ...