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ASM | Mammals of Oklahoma
Tail not very bushy. Found in arid areas; sometimes in abandoned prairie dog towns. Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Common Statewide, except eastern edge. 103, 573 ... 272 Large, rather bushy-tailed, mottled ground squirrel. Can climb trees. Black-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus Uncommon; possibly threatened. Central & western parts of state. Formerly much ...
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NMPIF Grassland 1
N = 31, RA = 0.65 (Sauer et al. 1997) maintain prairie dog towns where they exist reduce or eliminate filling ... (K. Havstaad pers. comm.) Prairie dog control: Burrowing Owls depend on burrows created by prairie dogs and they can be an important food source for wintering raptors such as Golden Eagles and Ferruginous Hawks. Managers should refrain from controlling prairie dog ...
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NMPIF Grassland 2
Distribution: Found in the northern half of the state, especially from ... areas where bare ground exists with a small shrub component in known breeding areas maintain prairie dog towns in areas where they exist; associated habitat created may be appropriate for breeding Mountain ...
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National Geographic: Lewis & Clark—Animals—Prairie Rattlesnake
Clark—Animals—Prairie Rattlesnake SHOWING RECORD: 6 of 17   Prairie Rattlesnake Photograph by W. Perry Conway/Corbis Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis June 15, 1805, Great Falls, Cascade County, ... grassland to rocky outcrops, talus slopes, and prairie dog towns. Extreme western Iowa to the Rockies, southern Alberta to northern Mexico. The prairie rattlesnake, which occupies a large swathe ...
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Prairie Dog Coalition - Alerts
Accomplishments Support Coalition Funders Volunteer Opennings About Prairie Dogs Black Tailed Prairie Dog White Tailed Prairie Dog Mexican Prairie Dog Utah Prairie Dog Gunnison's Prairie Dog Fascinating Facts Associated Species Alerts Children ... most critical prairie dog colony to recovering North America’s most endangered mammal. The black-footed ferret depends on large prairie dog towns for food, ...
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Prairie Dog Coalition - Fascinating Facts about Prairie Dogs
Some wildlife use their burrows as homes or as refuge from predators, and some prey on prairie dogs and other species inhabiting prairie dog towns. The black-tailed prairie dog is a "keystone" species in the short- and mixed-grass prairie ecosystems, which has been ...
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Myths: Facts and Fiction about Prairie Dogs
The Colorado Department of Health recommends against poisoning prairie dogs to control plague. To see what ... crumbling as prairie dogs and their towns continue to be destroyed. Of course, all of us who respect and cherish life in all of its wondrous forms would dearly miss the prairie dog too ...
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Prairie Dogs as "Pets"
The black- ... because of the war against the prairie dog. The ferret depends on the prairie dog for its diet and shelter needs (ferrets cannot survive outside of prairie dog towns). Prairie dogs are social animals with a ...
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RANGE magazine.com - Spring 2002 - Dogs of the Prairie
Friends of the noble prairie dog offer ... according to one re?searsearcher—because the population of prairie dog towns regularly outstrips the available food supply in the town. That presents prairie dog moms the prospect of a long, dangerous commute ...
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San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Prairie Dog
When it's a large ground squirrel found on the prairie! Prairie dogs are very social rodents that live in huge underground burrows called "towns." Undisturbed towns have tens of thousands of prairie dog ... entrances. Prairie dog towns can easily be found by the pile of dirt outside each burrow entrance. The mounds provide protection from the weather and give the little prairie dogs ...
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