Sciuridae
Cynomys ludovicianus
(black-tailed prairie dog)

Image Caption:
A black-tailed prairie dog pup feeds.  The animal's taxonomy is as follows.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Sciurinae
Genus: Cynomys,
Subgenus: Cynomys
Species:ludovicianus (Ord)

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Cynomys ludovicianus (Black-tailed Prairie Dog)
Works Cited:

Hoogland, J. L.  (1996).  Cynomys ludovicianus.  The American Society of Mammalogists Mammalian Species 535.
Image Location: United States, Virginia, Norfolk (Zoo)
Image Date: 2009APR09
Image Species: Cynomys ludovicianus
(EXIF Information is accurate – stamped in UTC).

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Updated: 2009MAY13