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Black-tailed prairie dog -Cynomys ludovicianus
Seen in Pairi Daiza, Sep 2016.
Interesting fact: In contrast to other fast-multiplying rodents, these animals actually mate just once a year, in early winter. Females actually only go into estrus for a single hour a year so they better use their chances during that moment of the year to have babies!
The black-tailed prairie dog is a rodent of the family Sciuridae found in the Great Plains of North America from about the United States-Canada border to the United States-Mexico border. Unlike some other prairie dogs, these animals do not truly hibernate. The black-tailed prairie dog can be seen above ground in midwinter.
Similar species: Rodents
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Uploaded Dec 30, 2021. Captured Sep 13, 2016 11:49 in HVPP+2W Brugelette, Belgium.
