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

Cute Prairie dog standing and alert near to its burrow

Two Priarie Dogs in the Badlands National Park

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

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

Closeup of a groundhog eating sunflower seeds in the grass

Prairie dog amongst wildflowers in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma.

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

A Black-Tailed Prairie Dog playing in the vegetation of the prairie of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Wild prairie dog in Badlands National Park in South Dakota.

$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 \$

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

Arizona black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)

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

A cute prairie dog is peeking out from their burrow

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

Prairie dogs (genus Cynomys), which are ground squirrels native to the grasslands of North America, looking out of their burrow.

A Black-Tailed Prairie Dog flattens out on the ground, alert for predators on the prairie of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Prairie Dog (Cynomys) on the Lookout in Banff

Cute Prairy dog stands at attention watching for predators

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.

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