
Black-Tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
Kingdom: Animalia Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae
Listing Status:
General Information
Prairie dogs are small, stout ground squirrels. The total length of an adult black-tailed prairie dog is approximately 14-17 inches. The weight of an individual ranges from 1 to 3 pounds. Individual appearances within the species vary in mixed colors of brown, black, gray, and white. The black-tipped tail is characteristic (Hoogland 1995). Black-tailed prairie dogs are diurnal, burrowing animals. They do not hibernate as do white-tailed, Gunnison, and Utah prairie dogs (Hoogland 1995, Tileston and Lechleitner 1966). The black-footed ferret, swift fox , mountain plover, ferruginous hawk, burrowing owl , and number other species are dependent upon prairie dogs to varying degrees.
- States/US Territories in which the Black-Tailed prairie dog is known to occur: Colorado , Kansas , Montana , Nebraska , New Mexico , North Dakota , Oklahoma , South Dakota , Texas , Wyoming
- For more information: http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/species/mammals/btprairiedog/
» Federal Register Documents
» Conservation Plans
| HCP Plan Summaries |
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| Malpai Borderlands |
» Petitions
| Date | Citation Page | Title | Finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/02/2008 | 73 FR 73211 73219 | 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Black-tailed Prairie Dog as Threatened or Endangered | |
| 02/04/2000 | 65 FR 5476 5488 | 12-Month Finding for a Petition To List the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog as Threatened | |
| 03/25/1999 | 64 FR 14424 14428 | ETWP; 90-day Finding for a Petition To List the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog as Threatened |
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