gopher vs Gopherus polypemus

gopher and Gopherus polypemus both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of gopher include gopher tortoise, gopher turtle.

gopher (noun)	Gopherus polypemus (noun)
burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America	burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)