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  1. Black-tailed prairie dog
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  2. Black-tailed prairie dog - Wikipedia

    • The black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) is a rodent of the family Sciuridae (the squirrels) found in the Great Plains of North America from about the United States–Canada border to the United States–Mexico border. Unlike some other prairie dogs, these animals do not truly hibernate. The black-tailed prairie dog can be seen above ground in midwint… See more

    Description

    Black-tailed prairie dogs are generally tan in color, with lighter-colored bellies. They may have color variation in their … See more

    Distribution

    The historic range of the black-tailed prairie dog was from southern Saskatchewan and Alberta to Chihuahua, Mexico, and included portions of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas… See more

    DomainEukaryota
    KingdomAnimalia
    PhylumChordata
    How the Black-tailed Prairie Dog Barks and Builds
    How the Black-tailed Prairie Dog Barks and Builds
    The black-tailed prairie dog is a small, tan rodent with a distinct black tip on its tail. It belongs to the family of ground squirrels, but it is called a dog because of its barking sound. It lives in grasslands throughout the Great Plains of North America.
    Habits

    Black-tailed prairie dogs are diurnal. Above-ground activity is reduced when rain or snow is falling and during days when the temperature exceeds 100 °F (38 °C). During the winter months, black-tailed prairie dog… See more

    Habitat

    Black-tailed prairie dogs are native to grassland habitats in North America. They inhabit shortgrass prairie, mixed-grass prairie, sagebrush steppe, and desert grassland.
    Habitat pref… See more

    Diet

    Black-tailed prairie dogs are selective opportunists, preferring certain phenological stages or types of vegetation according to their needs. When forage is stressed by grazing, drought, or herbicides, they chang… See more

    Social organization

    Black-tailed prairie dogs live in colonies. Colony size may range from five to thousands of individuals, and may be subdivided into two or more wards, based on topographic features, such as hills. Wards are … See more

    Reproduction and development

    Age of first reproduction, pregnancy rate, litter size, juvenile growth rate, and first-year survival of the black-tailed prairie dog vary depending on food availability.
    Minimum breeding age for the black-tailed prairie dog … See more

     
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