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

gopher eating lettuce in a zoo enclosure

A Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Stands Alert Outside It's Burrow.

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

A Black-Tailed Prairie Dog scans the environment on the prairie of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Cute Prairy dog stands at attention watching for predators

A cute prairie dog is peeking out from their burrow

Closeup of a groundhog eating sunflower seeds in the grass

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

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 \$

A close up view of a gopher in a grass hole.

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

A curios prairie dog guards the entrance to his burrow.

Cute squirrel poking its head above ground

Cute Prairie dog standing and alert near to its burrow

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

A small brown rodent in the dirt, savoring a meal in its mouth

close-up of a groundhog - for more rodents

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.

Two european ground squirrels standing in the field. Spermophilus citellus wildlife scene from nature. Two european sousliks eating on meadow.

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

Beringian or Arctic ground squirrel. Spermophilus brunniceps. Urocitellus parryii

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

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