prairie dog town
Rodent underground village
A prairie dog town is a colony of prairie dogs—the interconnected network of burrows and tunnels where these burrowing rodents live in large social groups.
Towns can spread across hundreds of acres, with distinct neighborhoods called coteries.
The largest recorded town, in Texas, once covered 25,000 square miles.
Also called a prairie dog colony or city.
- burrowAnimal's dug dwelling
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- open rangeUnfenced public grazing land
- meerkatSocial African mongoose relative
- ground squirrelBurrowing rodent species
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prairie dog towntree hollow
Cavity in trunk
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