Do black‐tailed prairie dog ( Cynomys ludovicianus ) colonies attract foraging bats?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Cynomys Ludovicianus ◽  
Prairie Dog

scholarly journals A PLAGUE EPIZOOTIC IN THE BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG (CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS)

2006 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan N. Pauli ◽  
Steven W. Buskirk ◽  
Elizabeth S. Williams ◽  
William H. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Cynomys Ludovicianus ◽  
Prairie Dog

scholarly journals Observations of Bobcats, Lynx rufus, Hunting Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs, Cynomys ludovicianus, in Western South Dakota

2010 ◽  
Vol 124 (3) ◽  
pp. 209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel S. Licht
Keyword(s):  
South Dakota ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Lynx Rufus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cynomys Ludovicianus ◽  
Prairie Dogs ◽  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Winter Diet ◽  
Hunting Strategies ◽  
Close Proximity

There is a paucity of scientific literature describing Bobcat (Lynx rufus) hunting strategies. I document 13 observations of Bobcats hunting Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) in western South Dakota. In all cases the Bobcats stationed themselves next to a prairie dog mound in an attempt to ambush prairie dogs emerging from their burrows. In eight cases the Bobcats successfully captured a prairie dog emerging from the burrow, in one case the Bobcat turned and captured a prairie dog that had walked up behind it, and in the other cases the Bobcats lunged at the burrow openings, but did not capture a prairie dog. There were two variations of the tactic: in some cases Bobcats entered a colony prior to prairie dog emergence and stationed themselves next to a mound, whereas in other cases Bobcats stationed themselves next to a burrow that a prairie dog had just escaped to. One Bobcat appeared to have waited next to the same mound for at least 7.5 hr. Prairie dogs may comprise a large portion of a Bobcat's winter diet in landscapes where prairie dog colonies exist in close proximity to badlands or woody cover.

Tularemia (Francisella tularensis) in a Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) Colony

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 944
Author(s):  
Cara C. Cherry ◽  
Natalie A. Kwit ◽  
Rene E. Ohms ◽  
Amy M. Hammesfahr ◽  
Ryan Pappert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Francisella Tularensis ◽  
Cynomys Ludovicianus ◽  
Prairie Dog

scholarly journals Catch the wave: prairie dogs assess neighbours’ awareness using contagious displays

2014 ◽  
Vol 281 (1777) ◽  
pp. 20132153 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Hare ◽  
Kevin L. Campbell ◽  
Robert W. Senkiw
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Group Size ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Group Living ◽  
Cynomys Ludovicianus ◽  
Prairie Dogs ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Active Probing

The jump–yip display of black-tailed prairie dogs ( Cynomys ludovicianus ) is contagious, spreading through a prairie dog town as ‘the wave’ through a stadium. Because contagious communication in primates serves to assess conspecific social awareness, we investigated whether instigators of jump–yip bouts adjusted their behaviour relative to the response of conspecifics recruited to display bouts. Increased responsiveness of neighbouring town members resulted in bout initiators devoting a significantly greater proportion of time to active foraging. Contagious jump–yips thus function to assess neighbours’ alertness, soliciting social information to assess effective conspecific group size in real time and reveal active probing of conspecific awareness consistent with theory of mind in these group-living rodents.

The forebrain of the prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) in stereotaxic coordinates

1970 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Carlson ◽  
Jon N. Kott
Keyword(s):  
Cynomys Ludovicianus ◽  
Prairie Dog
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