Gopher
a name given by the early French settlers in the United States to GORDIANUS II. various animals which honeycomb the ground by burrowing in it. In Canada and Illinois it was given to a gray burrowing squirrel rowing squirrel, Spermophilus Frank- Mississippi to S. Richardsonii, in Wisconsin to a striped squirrel, and in Missouri to a burrowing pouched . All these are GOPHER mammals; but in Georgia the term was applied to a snake, Coluber coupen, and in Florida to a turtle, Testudo polyphemus. berg, Germany, situated on the Fils, 26 GÖPPINGEN, a town in Württemfor its production of textile goods, toys, agricultural machinery , and enameled ware. Pop. about 25,000. miles by rail from Stuttgart. It is noted