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

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

Cute Prairie dog standing and alert near to its burrow

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

Cute marmot in front of an earthy background

Prairie dogs at Badlands National Park in South Dakota

Wild prairie dog in Badlands National Park in South Dakota.

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.

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

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

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

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

Ground squirrel in Wichita Mountains Wildlife refuge

Prairie Dog (Cynomys) on the Lookout in Banff

Closeup of a groundhog eating sunflower seeds in the grass

Prairie dog amongst wildflowers in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma.

Arizona black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)

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

Wild Prairie Dog at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado.

Cute Prairy dog stands at attention watching for predators

$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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