While gophers and groundhogs are often mistaken for one another, there are key differences in their size, appearance, ...

The feet of gophers are often pink, while groundhogs have brown or black feet. And while the tiny gopher tends to weigh around two or so pounds, groundhogs can grow to around 13 pounds.

The feet, nose and tail of a mole are pink. Moles have no external ears. Their eyes are buried in their fur, ... Gophers: Like voles, pocket gophers are rodents and herbivores.

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Residents of a New Mexico town have been turning in dead gopher tails for money as part of a bounty program established by the Carlsbad Soil and Conservation District to ...