The Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher feeds on starchy, tuberous roots of desert shrubs and on the roots and leaves of low-growing forbs. Like other pocket gophers, this species is considered an agricultural pest, doing extensive damage in orchards, gardens, potato patches, and other croplands. Learn more about the Cratogeomys castanops (Pappogeomys castanops), more commonly known as a Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher, in this easy-to-read species overview by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.