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$Prairie Dogs are generally characterized by small ears, large round eyes, strong teeth, and a pair of front legs with sharp and strong nails. It is responsible for digging up the soil for food and digging burrows for living. It goes out in the daytime for food which eats both plants and animals such as grasses, vegetables, seeds, and insects and worms.\n\n has a golden brown hair color The tip of the tail is black. The tail is 3-4 inches long, the feet are cream colored, the body is round and fat, when fully grown, weighs about 1-2 kg.\n\n Prairie Dogs are rodents in the same family as squirrels. But it does not live and make a living on trees like other squirrels. But they will find food and nest by digging burrows in the ground, plains and open ground.$

A Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Stands Alert Outside It's Burrow.

Prairie dog amongst wildflowers in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma.

Black-tailed priarie dog seen at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, USA

European gopher is looking at camera on the lawn. Close-up. Portrait of a rodent.

A Black-Tailed Prairie Dog stand on back to feet and scans the environment on the prairie of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

A prairie dog eats some grass in a patch of flowers

$The Gunnison's Prairie Dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) is a rodent and member of the squirrel family. They are primarily distributed in the Four Corners region of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Their coats are light brown mixed with black-colored hairs. The top of the head, cheeks, and eyebrows are darker than the rest of the body. The tail is mostly white. The prairie dog’s eyes are on the sides of the head to give them wide peripheral vision to more easily spot predators. The Gunnison's prairie dog typically feeds during the day on grasses, herbs, and leaves. In the spring, they feed on newly grown shrubs. In the summer they mainly consume seeds. Prairie dog habitat includes meadows, grasslands, high desert and floodplains. They are often found in areas of rabbitbrush, sagebrush, and saltbrush. Gunnison's prairie dogs live in large colonies of up to several hundred. They are more active in the early morning and late afternoon especially during hot weather. When the temperatures are cooler, they become more active throughout the day. When it rains or snows, the prairie dog will spend its time underground. When they are above ground, they feed, make social contact, look out for predators, groom and dig their burrows. During the winter, the Gunnison's prairie dog hibernates for long periods of time without food or water, instead relying on stored fat and physiological adaptations to slow their metabolism. After hibernation, they become active from April through October. The Gunnison's prairie dog has a complex system of vocal communication. Their bark is a combination of high-pitched syllables to identify various predators. They also have different sounds for an \$

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Black tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) on the look out. Canon 1D Mark III and tele.

This prairie dog was photographed in late Winter at the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma. Its fur coat is thick to ward off the Winter chill.

black tailed prairie dog with green grass and a hole , close up image

Alert prairie dog standing on its hind legs at Bad Lands NP

A close up shot of a cute fluffy squirrel holding and eating its food with blurry background

A cute prairie dog is peeking out from their burrow

Prairie Dogs in The Badlands, South Dakota. The prairie Dogs are very friendly toward humans, and will eat peanuts directly out of your hand.

A Black-Tailed Prairie Dog looks the camera, alert for predators on the prairie of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

A cute Black-Tailed Prairie Dog is looking at the camera.

Utah Prairie Dog in Bryce Canyon National Park

A Prairie dog amongst the wildflowers in the beautiful grasslands of Badlands National Park in South Dakota USA

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