Prairie Dog

Cynomys Rafinesque 1817

Cynomys (Prairie Dog) is a genus of rodents in the family Sciuridae.

EOL has data for 2 attributes, including:

habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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prairie
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000260
- Definition: An area of land of low topographic relief that historically supported grasses and herbs, with few trees, and having generally a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. Dominated by tall grasses (contrast steppe).
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number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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5

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of prairie dog. View this species on GBIF