🐿️Black-tailed prairie dog
Der Schwarzschwanz-Präriehund (Cynomys ludovicianus) ist eine in Nordamerika lebende, zur Ordnung der Nagetiere gehörende Art der Präriehunde aus der Unterfamilie der Erdhörnchen. Er verdankt den Namen „Präriehund“ seinem Lebensraum, der Prärie, und seinen Warnrufen, die die frühen Siedler an das Bellen von Haushunden erinnerten.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 1.13 kg
- Body length
- 0.33 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 18 years
Everything we know about the Black-tailed prairie dog
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.13 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.13 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.33 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass5.86 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan18 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 15 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length4.29 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.9 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation35 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 30 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1,830 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Black-tailed prairie dog yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familySciuridae
- ›genusCynomys
- ›speciesCynomys ludovicianus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- tribeMarmotini
- genusCynomys
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderSciuromorpha
- familySciuridae
- tribeMarmotini
- genusCynomys
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