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Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Mammalia
      Order: Rodentia
        Family: Sciuridae
          Genus: Cynomys
            Species: gunnisoni

Gunnison's Prairie Dog - Cynomys gunnisoni

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Gunnison's Prairie Dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) is a large (36 cm) rodent that is distributed from central Colorado and southeastern Utah to northwestern New Mexico and central Arizona. They live in colonies in grasslands and grass-shrub habitats from low valleys to montane meadows. They consume a variety of food sources but primarily eat leaves of grasses, and forbs.

Status

Global Rank: G3?

State Rank: S2

State Status:

Federal Status:

USFS Status: R3 SCC

BLM Status: BLM SENSITIVE

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 274

Number of Mapped Locations: 861

Number of Observations: 1003

Observation date range: 03-16-1915 to 11-18-2019

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