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

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

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

Portrait of a groundhog (marmota monax) eating a piece of food

A cute prairie dog is peeking out from their burrow

Ground squirrel colony (Syslovisko Biele vody), National park Muranska Planina, Slovakia

Prairie Dog (Cynomys) on the Lookout in Banff

Close up of a black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) eating vegtables and plants. This rodent of the family Sciuridae is found in the Great Plains of North America.

Grey-white rabbit is sittin on the grass in forest.

European ground squirrel standing in the field. Spermophilus citellus wildlife scene from nature. European souslik on meadow.

$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.

Baby prairie dog also known as genus cynomys feeding at its lair

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

Closeup of a groundhog eating sunflower seeds in the grass

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

Prairie Ground Squirrel in Kananaskis Provincial Park

gopher eating lettuce in a zoo enclosure

Newly born, black-tailed prairie dogs just came out from their burrows in the Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA.

Two young prairie dogs interacting closely, one nibbling on a piece of food.

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

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.

European ground squirrel is watching in the grass in summer.

Ground squirrel lurking over the grass in the spring meadow

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