Western Soundscape

Black-tailed Prairie Dog 1

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Title Black-tailed Prairie Dog 1
Common Name Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Scientific Name Cynomys ludovicianus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Craniata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Sciuridae
Genus Cynomys
Subject Mammals; Places; Nature sounds
Spatial Coverage Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge (Okla.); Comanche County (Okla.); Oklahoma
Creator Nafis, Gary
Media Rights Management Audio file copyright Gary Nafis, 2006. All rights reserved
Publisher Western Soundscape Archive, University of Utah
Date 2006-04-20
Type Sound
Format video/mp4
Digitization Specifications Compressed from .wav format into .mp4 delivery format
Contributing Institution J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112; Ecological and animal data provided by NatureServe. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available http://www.natureserve.org/explorer
Description Vocalizations of a Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Photo Rights Management Photo copyright 2009, Gary Nafis, http://www.californiaherps.com/. All rights reserved
Note The colony was at a viewing area and the prairie dogs were used to people. They came close looking for food and sometimes made the squeaking sound.
Species Range (Southwestern States) http://www.westernsoundscape.org/maps/speciesExtent.php?species=180186
Full Nature Serve Report http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchSpeciesUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100941
ARK ark:/87278/s6pc3fsb
Setname uu_wss
ID 1118757
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pc3fsb