Cynomys (genus)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class) > Rodentia (order) > Sciuridae (family)
Descripción
Members of a genus containing five species of gregarious, colony-forming rodents that live in extensive burrow systems in grasslands of plains, high plateaus, and montain valleys in North America, and have a call resembling a dog's bark.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- prairie dogs [en]
- prairie dog [en]
- dogs, prairie [en]
- prairie marmots [en]
- prairie-dogs [en]