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Treatment as an agricultural pest has led to its status as an endangered species. They are closely related to squirrels, chipmunks, and marmots. Cynomys mexicanus originated about 230,000 years ago from a peripherally isolated population of the more widespread Cynomys ludovicianus. [3]
The black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) is a rodent of the family Sciuridae (the squirrels) found in the Great Plains of North America from about the United States–Canada border to the United States–Mexico border. [3] Unlike some other prairie dogs, these animals do not truly hibernate. The black-tailed prairie dog can be seen ...
Burrows help prairie dogs control their body temperature (thermoregulation) as they are 5–10 °C (41–50 °F) during the winter and 15–25 °C (59–77 °F) in the summer. Prairie dog tunnel systems channel rainwater into the water table , which prevents runoff and erosion , and can also change the composition of the soil in a region by ...
C. c. ludovicianus by John James Audubon Carolinensis is a species of the genus Conuropsis , one of numerous genera of New World Neotropical parrots in family Psittacidae of true parrots . The binomial Psittacus carolinensis was assigned by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae published in 1758.
Lacunicambarus ludovicianus (Faxon, 1884) (Painted Devil Crayfish) Lacunicambarus miltus (Fitzpatrick, 1978) (Rusty Grave Digger) Lacunicambarus mobilensis Glon, 2020 (Lonesome Gravedigger) Lacunicambarus nebrascensis (Girard, 1852) (Great Plains Mudbug) Lacunicambarus polychromatus (Thoma, Jezerinac & Simon, 2005) (Paintedhand Mudbug)
Lacunicambarus ludovicianus, the painted devil crayfish, [1] [2] is a species of North American burrowing crayfish found in the Lower Mississippi drainage and in eastern and central Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) is a passerine bird in the family Laniidae. It is the only member of the shrike family endemic to North America ; the related northern shrike ( L. borealis ) occurs north of its range, however it is also found in Siberia.
The white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) is found in western Wyoming and western Colorado with small areas in eastern Utah and southern Montana.The largest populations are in Wyoming where they are known colloquially as "chiselers". [3]