black-tailed prairie dog
cynomys ludovicianus latin

It provides over half the winter food for the black-tailed prairie dog in one area.

All four areas are associated with black-tailed prairie dog colonies.

The black-tailed prairie dog is a member of the squirrel family.

The black-tailed prairie dog can be seen above ground in midwinter.

The park and surrounding area house the country's only black-tailed prairie dog colonies.

The park is the only place in Canada where black-tailed prairie dog colonies are found.

It says here that black-tailed prairie dogs can be found in native pasture.

For a complete list of vegetation preferred by the black-tailed prairie dog, see.

Plague has been active in black-tailed prairie dog populations for the past 40-50 years.

Black-tailed prairie dogs are very social animals, a feature which makes them a delight to watch.

The effect of roads on black-tailed prairie dogs is debatable.

Park officials also began to worry in 2005 about an infestation of black-tailed prairie dogs.

There is also an outdoor exhibit for black-tailed prairie dogs during the summer months.

The black-tailed prairie dogs live in family territories called coteries.

In captivity, black-tailed prairie dog pups open their eyes at 30 days old.

The black-tailed prairie dog forms large towns that may cover many hectares.

The black-tailed prairie dog: social life of a burrowing mammal.

This exhibit also has a black-tailed prairie dog habitat and a butterfly garden.

For a list of vertebrate species associated with black-tailed prairie dog colonies, see.

For black-tailed prairie dogs, the resident male of the family group fathers all the offspring.

Research suggests black-tailed prairie dogs are a keystone species in some, but not all, geographic areas.

Waterfowl and black-tailed prairie dogs use it for cover.

Apparently black-tailed prairie dogs are often found in upland grasslands!

Black-tailed prairie dogs are also susceptible to diseases transmitted by introduced animals.

Grazing by black-tailed prairie dogs may also improve the nutritional qualities of some plants.

Observations on the reproductive cycle of the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus).

Arkive - images and movies of the prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)

Updated status report on the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) in Canada.

Vegetative differences among active and abandoned towns of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus).

The black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) was first described by Lewis and Clark in 1804.

For example, prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) give alarm calls when predators approach, causing all individuals in the group to quickly scramble down burrows.

Body temperatures (Tb) of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) were monitored in the field for 1 year.

Prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)

Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) enter torpor intermittently during winter in the field but do not hibernate continuously from fall to spring.

We examined the ontogeny of individual distinctiveness in time-allocation patterns of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus).

Black-tailed prairie dog distribution (Cynomys ludovicianus) in the Canadian prairies is very limited, therefore of no consequence to swift fox survival in most areas.

This situation was analogous to the modern day prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) and its predator the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes).

In western South Dakota, Ord's kangaroo rats are associated with black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) towns.

Of 4 species, only the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) extends into Canada (near Val Marie, Sask).

It is almost totally dependent for its existence on the Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus Orcl.)

In the Great Plains this decline maybe related to a decline in black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) towns that the owls use for nest sites.

The seeds of this grass provide food for small birds and mammals, including scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) and black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus).

Prairie dogs feature only as supplemental prey for breeding golden eagles but wintering eagles reportedly prey heavily on colonies of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus).

Kidney structure and function of obligate and facultative hibernators: the white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) and the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus).

The spatial patterns of burrowing owl (Speotyto cunicularia) nests in black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) towns were examined in the Nebraska panhandle during the spring and summer of 1989–1991.

The black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), is a rodent of the family Sciuridae found in the Great Plains of North America from about the USA-Canada border to the USA-Mexico border.

This lack of knowledge of the dynamics of plague in mammal species is also true among susceptible rodents such as the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), in which plague can cause colony collapse, resulting in a massive effect on prairie food webs.