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See also:GOPHER (Testudo See also:polyphemus) , the only living representative on the See also:North See also:American See also:continent of the genus Testudo of the See also:family Testudinidae or See also:land tortoises; it occurs in the See also:south-eastern parts of the See also:United States, from See also:Florida in the south to the See also:river See also:Savannah in the north. Its See also:carapace, which is oblong and remarkably compressed, See also:measures from 12-18 in. in extreme length, the See also:shields which See also:cover it being grooved, and of a yellow-See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown See also:colour. It is characterized by the shape of the front See also:lobe of'the plastron, which is See also:bent upwards and extends beyond the carapace. The gopher abounds chiefly in the forests, but occasionally visits the open plains, where it does See also:great damage, especially to the See also:potato crops, on which it feeds. It is a nocturnal See also:animal, remaining concealed by See also:day in its deep burrow, and coming forth at See also:night to feed. The eggs, five in number, almostround and 11 in. in See also:diameter, are laid in a See also:separate cavity near the entrance. The flesh of the gopher or mungofa, as it is also called, is considered excellent eating.
The name " gopher " is more commonly applied to certain small rodent mammals, particularly the See also:pocket-gopher.
End of Article: GOPHER (Testudo polyphemus)
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