- Burrowing rodent - Ground squirrel - One of several North American burrowing rodents of the
genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; -- called also
pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan. - One of several western American species of the genus
Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as, the gray gopher
(Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus);
-- called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard
spermophile. See Spermophile. - A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern
United States, which makes extensive burrows. - A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern
United States.
- Large burrowing rodent - A small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having
blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its
sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the
Guinea pig.
- Ground squirrel - Large burrowing rodent - Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European
marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the
higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European
species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck. - Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers
of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.
- A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and
Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute
of eyes. Called also mole rat.