White-tailed Prairie Dog
Cynomys leucurus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 807
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) is found in western Wyoming and western Colorado with small areas in eastern Utah and southern Montana. The largest populations are in Wyoming where they are known colloquially as "chiselers". This prairie dog species lives at an elevation between 5,000 and 10,000 feet (1,500 and 3,000 m), generally a higher elevation than other prairie dog species.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “White-tailed prairie dog”.