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--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
--> GENUS Cynomys
--> SUBGENUS Cynomys
SPECIES Cynomys (Cynomys) ludovicianus
| Author: | Ord, 1815. | | Citation: | In Guthrie, New Geogr., Hist. Coml. Grammar, Philadelphia, 2nd ed., 2: 292. | | Common Name: | Black-tailed Prairie Dog | | Type Locality: | "vicinity of the Missouri." Restricted by Hollister (1916a:14) to "Upper Missouri River" (USA). | | Distribution: | Saskatchewan (Canada); Montana to E Nebraska, W Texas, New Mexico, and SE Arizona (USA); NE Sonora, and N Chihuahua (Mexico). | | Status: | U.S. ESA – Candidate taxon; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Subgenus Cynomys. Intraspecific variation reviewed by Chesser (1983). Reviewed by Hoogland (1996, Mammalian Species No. 535). |
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