black-tailed prairie dog
rodent
Also known as: Cynomys ludovicianus
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Chihuahuan Desert
- In Chihuahuan Desert: Flora and fauna
…the Chihuahuan Desert is the black-tailed prairie dog: The desert is home to the largest prairie dog colony in North America. Other mammals that inhabit the desert include the pronghorn, cactus mouse, kit fox, desert pocket gopher, mule deer, mountain lion, and the rare Mexican long-nosed bat.
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habitation
- In prairie dog
The common black-tailed (C. ludovicianus) and Mexican (C. mexicanus) species live in large, dense colonies that early explorers described as “towns.” Colonies are divided by topographic and vegetational features into semidiscrete wards formed from smaller extended family groups, or coteries. Colonies usually cover about 100 hectares (247…
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