Behavior
Researchers have seen a swimming ability in yellow-faced pocket gophers. However, this genus of pocket gophers are less durable than other genera in water, perhaps because of the greater bulk (of its body) that inhibits its endurance.
Most of the foraging is done from the burrow system the yellow-faced pocket gophers create, pulling plants into the burrow by their roots. The burrow system consists of tunnels dug by the gophers averaging 75.8m in length and 10 to 132 cm in depth.
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