the scientific name for a gopher is Thomomys Source: http://southwest.library.arizona.edu/azso/back.1_div.3.html
The scientific name for a gopher tortoise is Gopherus polyphemus.
The scientific name of a pocket gopher is Geomyidae.
Obviously, having the word gopher in its name, the horned gopher is related to our modern day gopher
There was a gopher named Samuel J. Gopher . This character only appeared in the Disney version of the A.J. Milne series about Winnie the Pooh. This is in all probability due to the fact that the gopher (any of several small burrowing rodents) is endemic to North America not the British Isles.
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An Agouti is a large guinea pig type of rodent which may live in burrows.
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The gender of the Gopher in Winnie the Pooh is a male. His full name is Samuel J. Gopher. Gopher was not in the original book, but was later invented to replace piglet, which did not happen.
Gopherus polyphemus is the binomial, Latin or scientific name for the gopher tortoise.Specifically, the first part of the name is the genus. This particular genus is the only one that is native to North America. The gopher tortoise is found in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina.