#0403 · 🦊 mammals

Gunnison's Prairie Dog

🇳🇱 Gunnisonprairiehond ·Cynomys gunnisoni

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

Gunnison's prairie dog ( Cynomys gunnisoni ) is one of five species of the prairie dog. This species belongs to the squirrel family of rodents, and are predominantly related to the North American and Eurasian ground squirrels. Gunnison’s prairie dogs are primarily distributed in the Four Corners region of the United States.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,030iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,030 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1855 (171 years ago).