Goff's Pocket Gopher
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| Geomys pinetis goffi Sherman, 1944 |
Goff's southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis goffi) was a pocket gopher endemic to Brevard County, Florida. The last sightings recorded were in 1955. They burrowed and lived mostly underground eating mainly underground vegetation. Their habitat was temperate desert and sandy coastline. Due to human population growth and development of the habitat this gopher is now extinct.
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