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White-tailed prairie dog, standing in vegetation. The white-tailed prairie dog is tan-brown in color, with large eyes and a dark patch on their cheeks above and below each eye. [4] This prairie dog species weighs between 28–53 oz (790–1,500 g), while having a length between 12–16 in (30–41 cm). [5]
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 reversing soil compaction that can result from cattle grazing. Prairie dog burrows are 5–10 m (16–33 ft) long and 2–3 m (6.6–9.8 ft) below the ground. [20]
The Red Desert is home to a range of burrowing animals. The white-tailed prairie dog, Great Basin spadefoot toad, tiger salamander, pygmy rabbits, and sagebrush lizards all go underground for protection from the desert's extreme weather and predators. Similarly, the burrowing owl nests and roosts underground, typically in burrows dug by prairie ...
Prairie dogs aren’t dogs at all but are actually a species of ground squirrels. They are cousins of the squirrels we find in our backyards. Prairie dogs live in big social groups called prairie ...
A group of Longmont residents are upset over changes coming to a local park and the euthanasia efforts of prairie dogs who live there.
In 1985, as developers prepared to bulldoze dozens of acres to make way for new homes, the prairie dog fields had already become a favorite location for school field trips and wildlife-watchers ...
A 2002 grassland plan proposed providing 50,000 acres (20,000 ha) of prairie dog habitat. [ 11 ] In Thunder Basin, historical wildfires do not promote the invasion of cheatgrass ( Bromus tectorum) [ 5 ] as they do in the Great Basin , where a fire-invasion feedback loop leads to plant community conversion in sagebrush ecosystems.
The coyote (/ ˈ k aɪ. oʊ t / or / k aɪ ˈ oʊ t iː /) [12] (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, [13] is a species of canid found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada.