Sentences with phrase «tailed prairie dogs»

ADLA volunteers have helped Arizona Game & Fish Department biologists on the successful project to reintroduce black - tailed prairie dogs to Southern Arizona after being extirpated 50 years ago.

If I had studied only black - tailed prairie dogs, I would have concluded that costs and benefits of polyandry are minimal.

«For most animals, including Utah and white - tailed prairie dogs, the truth about polyandry usually lies somewhere between these two extremes.»

For Gunnison's and white - tailed prairie dogs, however, polyandrous females were less likely than monandrous females to survive until the next mating season.

These species are black - tailed, Gunnison's, Utah, and white - tailed prairie dogs.

The same method might be used for the black - tailed prairie dog — removed from the endangered species list but still declining on the Great Plains and often infected by fleas with plague bacteria, Knutie says.

Plague doesn't usually kill people these days, but it's alive and well among the millions of ground - dwelling rodents of Colorado and other western states, notably the black - tailed prairie dog.

In 2000, the U.S. Department of the Interior declared the black - tailed prairie dog «warranted» for listing as a threatened species, however the secretary was «precluded from actually listing the species by more urgent concerns».

Not exact matches

Gunnison's Prairie Dog (C. gunnisoni) has a much shorter tail than other prairie dogs.

Comparisons Of the two main species of prairie dogs, the black - tailed (C. ludovicianus) has a black - tipped tail and is much more widespread, occurring sparsely over the Great Plains and throughout the Great Basin.

Black - tailed are the prairie dogs normally sold in pet shops and may either be a baby caught in the wild or from a breeder.

There are five species of prairie dogs (genus Cynomys): Black - Tailed Prairie Dog (C. ludovicianus) occupies narrow bands of dry plains stretching from central Texans to Canada.