A gopher, also known as a "pocket gopher" (family Geomyidae), is a burrowing rodent native to North America and Central America.

Gopher may also refer to:

Nature

  • Some species of ground squirrels (tribe Marmotini) of North America, particularly those formerly classified as Spermophilus, are informally referred to as "gophers"
  • Gopher snake – common name of several species of genus Pituophis endemic to west or southwest of North America
  • Gopher tortoise (genus Gopherus), distributed in North America
  • Gopher wood, of unclear meaning, mentioned in the Bible as the building material for Noah's ark
  • Gopher Plant or Paper Spurge (Euphorbia lathyris)

Entertainment

  • Gophers!, a British children's television programme
  • "Gopher", real name Burl Smith, a character on TV show The Love Boat
  • Gopher (Winnie the Pooh), a character in Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise

Technology

  • The SA-13 "Gopher", or 9K35 Strela-10, a Soviet surface-to-air missile system
  • Gopher (protocol), an early distributed hypertext protocol
  • Go gopher, a mascot of Go programming language
  • Slang term for a mobility scooter

Other

  • Minnesota, the "Gopher State"
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers, University of Minnesota sports teams
  • Gopher (train), a passenger train operated by the Great Northern Railway, USA
  • Gopher (video game), an Atari 2600 game
  • Gopher Gang, early 20th-century New York street gang

See also

  • Gofer (disambiguation)
  • Gaufre, French term for a flat cake similar to waffles