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Black-tailed Prairie Dog juveniles together at hole entrance closeup low angle view

Love communication between two black tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus). Please have a look at my other prairie dog photos.

Three prairie dogs coming up from from their home in the earth surrounded by grass.

Tw Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs stand at alert to danger of the prairie of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Summer time Prarie Dog view in the badlands going into her home

Prairie Dog (Cynomys) on the Lookout in Banff

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

Prairie dog whispering in his friends/brothers/sisters/mothers/fathers ear

$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 \$

A cute prairie dog is begging for food at the zoo.

To Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs playing in the vegetation of the prairie of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) small nimble cheerful sociable animal. Nature background

Prairie dog family, at sunset, in the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

This small terrestrial rodent, which belongs to the squirrel family, lives on the prairies and other flat open spaces in North America, from southern Canada to northern Mexico

A prairie dog is alert near the burrow in it's habitat

Closeup of a groundhog eating sunflower seeds in the grass

Two european ground squirrels standing in the field. Spermophilus citellus wildlife scene from nature. Two european sousliks eating on meadow.

Portrait of a curious little chipmunk foraging for food on a sandy ground outdoors on a sunny day

An adult prairie dog, most likely the mother, poses at den entrance with five pups. Cautious animals, prairie dogs are rarely far from the safety of the den.

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

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