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Gopher may refer to:

• 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, 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
  • A character in the movie, Caddyshack
  • Goldy Gopher the mascot of the University of Minnesota
  • Sally Acorn of the Sonic the Hedgehog series

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

• 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
• 9K35 Strela-10 (NATO reporting name: SA-13 "Gopher"), Soviet anti-air vehicle
• A "gopher knot" can be a colloquial term for either a bowline, a trucker's hitch, or any knot which is so difficult one has to "go fer" a knife or axe to undo it.

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