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A Dictionary of Zoology

prairie dog (Cynomis) See SCIURIDAE.
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	Prairie dog won't find shelter on endangered list Government cites lack of evidence that protection needed ; Efforts to have the Gunnison's prairie dog listed as an endangered species have...protections for the animal. The Gunnison's prairie dog scampers about the Four Corners region...and is distinct from the black- tailed prairie dog found along the Front Range. The announcement... Read more
	Gunnison's prairie dog not endangered,for now,feds say ; ...hunters aren't enough to put Gunnison's prairie dog on the Endangered Species List. So ruled...to legal protections for Gunnison's prairie dog, a species that ranges over the Four...Lynn Diehl, outreach coordinator for Prairie Dog Pals in Albuquerque. "It would have... Read more
	Prairie dog won't find shelter on endangered list Government cites lack of evidence that protection needed.(News) ; ...News Efforts to have the Gunnison's prairie dog listed as an endangered species have...protections for the animal. The Gunnison's prairie dog scampers about the Four Corners region...and is distinct from the black-tailed prairie dog found along the Front Range. The announcement... Read more
	I wish I were a prairie dog. ; I wish I were a prairie dog. If I were a prairie dog, I would have a big family with lots of brothers, sisters...tender, young grass. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If I were a prairie dog, I would be brave and sit high on my mound watching for... Read more
	Black-tailed prairie dog conservation: a new approach for a 21st century challenge. (cases). ; Abstract Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)policy is...policy sciences to examine how prairie dog conservation became so controversial...begin by describing the context of prairie dog management--who is involved and... Read more
	U.S.: Prairie Dog Endangered ; ...government has determined that Gunnison's prairie dog populations in parts of New Mexico and...government biologists determined the prairie dog is threatened only in the higherelevation...said the designation of the Gunnison's prairie dog as threatened is a high priority for... Read more
	Plight of prairie dog sees light of day ; ...federal protection for the white-tailed prairie dog. The Wildlife Service said there wasn...endangered species list. The white-tailed prairie dog is generally found west of the Continental...petition has raised awareness of the prairie dog's plight. She also said Utah is at the... Read more
	Preserving the humble prairie dog ; ...Lenz: Legislation may help stabilize prairie dog population When I think of animal symbols...the Missouri River in the 1800s, the prairie dog was considered a nuisance, not a symbol...have openly encouraged hunters to thin prairie dog populations or have used other methods... Read more
	Federal agency is reconsidering protecting Gunnison's prairie dog ; ...reconsidering whether the Gunnison's prairie dog should be protected under the Endangered...petitions seeking federal protection for the prairie dog, found in the corners of Arizona, Colorado...involved. The new review of the Gunnison's prairie dog follows a court- ordered ... Read more
	ANIMALS' RELOCATION GETS PRICEY BOULDER DIVIDED ON PRAIRIE DOG SOLUTION ; ...seven animals makes a mountain of a prairie dog hill. But in Boulder, the matter of...park neighbors who fought a proposed prairie dog fence saying it would be ineffective...Wild Places for $7,800 to monitor the prairie dog colony and possible encroachments onto... Read more

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