In contrast to the burrow systems of the plains pocket gopher, burrows of Attwater's pocket gopher tend to be more circuitous in nature. Their burrows are nonlinear and have few lateral or blind branches. G. attwateri is active at all hours of the day. Peaks in daily activity are not known. Little, if any, breeding occurs during the summer months of July, August, and September.
Females produce an average of two or three young per litter and at least two litters per year.
A small zone of contact between G. breviceps and G. attwateri occurs just west of the Brazos River in Burleson County. This page is copyrighted 1994 by Texas Parks and Wildlife, Nongame and Urban Program. All rights reserved. Used in this online edition with permission. Page maintenance by the Texas Cooperative Research Unit at Texas Tech University.