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Species Information

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

Black-Tailed Prairie Dog - Cynomys ludovicianus

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) is a large (42 cm) rodent of the Great Plains, that is distributed from southern Saskatchewan, Canada to northern Chihuahua, Mexico. It has been locally extirpated from many areas of its range due to plague and eradication efforts. They inhabit open grasslands and their preferred diet is grasses.

Status

Global Rank: G4

State Rank: S2

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BLM Status: BLM SENSITIVE

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 165

Number of Mapped Locations: 581

Number of Observations: 780

Observation date range: 07-14-1927 to 07-16-2018

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