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Cute Prairie dog standing and alert near to its burrow

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

Closeup of a groundhog eating sunflower seeds in the grass

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

A prairie dog species of ground squirrel sits-up on its haunches as it enjoys chewing on a snack.

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

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

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

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 cute prairie dog is begging for food at the zoo.

Family of black-tailed prairie dogs, Cynomys ludovicianus, sitting outside of their den. Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA.

Sitting near their den, a pair wild black-tailed prairie dogs eat grass and nuzzle together in Bear Creek Lake Park in Lakewood, Colorado.

Three ground squirrels in the Kalahari desert

Adorable prairie dog precariously perched on the tip of a wood branch

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

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