Gopherus polypemus vs gopher tortoise

Gopherus polypemus and gopher tortoise both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Gopherus polypemus	Yes	No	No	No
gopher tortoise	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Gopherus polypemus and gopher tortoise are synonyms defined as:

Gopherus polypemus and gopher tortoise: burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America

Other synonyms of Gopherus polypemus include gopher, gopher turtle.

Gopherus polypemus (noun)	gopher tortoise (noun)
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America	burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America