Gopher

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Gopher is:

• Gopher (animal), including:
  • True gopher, i.e. pocket gopher or member of Geomyidae, native to North America
  • Richardson's Ground Squirrel, a species of Spermophilus
  • Ground squirrel, in a loose general sense, Sciuridae
  • The Gopher Tortoise, Gopher Tortoise/Gopherus polyphemus

• Media characters
  • Gopher (Winnie the Pooh)- a character in the Disney version of Winnie the Pooh.
  • Character played in Wonderland by Michael Pitt
  • The Gopher, character in Disney's The Lion King
  • Gophers!, a 1990 UK puppet sit-com starring the voice of Lou Hirsch
  • Gordon the Gopher, a puppet gopher appearing on children's TV in the UK.
  • The ship's purser on The Love Boat

• Member of various groups, including:
  • Golden Gophers, University of Minnesota sports teams
  • Gopher Gang, early 20th-century New York
  • CF Pachuca, soccer team whose Spanish nickname means "gophers"

• Military hardware:
  • SA-13 Gopher missile
  • SS Gopher State (T-ACS-4), ship

• An Italian rapper

• Minnesota, the "Gopher State."

• Gopher protocol, for the distributed hypertext protocol. Named in honor of, and developed at, the University of Minnesota.
• Gopher wood, of unclear meaning, is mentioned in the Bible as the building material for Noah's ark.
• A "gopher ball" is one of many nicknames for a home run in baseball.
• A Gofer ("go-fer " [go-for, to fetch]), or errand-runner

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