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

Close-up of a black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) cautiously peeking out of its burrow while a child’s hand is seen nearby offering food, captured in a natural outdoor setting.

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Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) lying in the sand and resting on a hot summer day

The Richardson's Ground Squirrel, commonly called the gopher, prairie gopher, yellow gopher, flickertail or picket pin, is a burrowing rodent

A cute prairie dog is peeking out from their burrow

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Ground squirrel in Wichita Mountains Wildlife refuge

$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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A Black Tailed Prairie Dog digging a hole for his home.

This is a royalty free stock photograph of a black tailed prairie dog peeking out of his mound in the Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA. Photographed in spring time with a Nikon D800 DSLR camera.

Black-tailed prairie dogs stay close to their underground burrows while alarm calls ring out on the open plains on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Commerce City, Colorado.

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

Cute Prairie dog standing and alert near to its burrow

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White-tailed prairie dog facing toward camera

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

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