Observations on Reproduction in the White-Tailed Prairie-Dog (Cynomys leucurus)

1929 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 209 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. Stockard
Keyword(s):  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Cynomys Leucurus

SEASON OF DELTAMETHRIN APPLICATION AFFECTS FLEA AND PLAGUE CONTROL IN WHITE-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG (CYNOMYS LEUCURUS) COLONIES, COLORADO, USA

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Tripp ◽  
Sean P. Streich ◽  
Danielle A. Sack ◽  
Daniel J. Martin ◽  
Karen A. Griffin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Cynomys Leucurus

scholarly journals Prairie dogs increase fitness by killing interspecific competitors

2016 ◽  
Vol 283 (1827) ◽  
pp. 20160144 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Hoogland ◽  
Charles R. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Interspecific Competition ◽  
Ground Squirrels ◽  
Prairie Dogs ◽  
Serial Killers ◽  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Natural Conditions ◽  
First Case ◽  
Cynomys Leucurus ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Interspecific Killing

Interspecific competition commonly selects for divergence in ecology, morphology or physiology, but direct observation of interspecific competition under natural conditions is difficult. Herbivorous white-tailed prairie dogs ( Cynomys leucurus ) employ an unusual strategy to reduce interspecific competition: they kill, but do not consume, herbivorous Wyoming ground squirrels ( Urocitellus elegans ) encountered in the prairie dog territories. Results from a 6-year study in Colorado, USA, revealed that interspecific killing of ground squirrels by prairie dogs was common, involving 47 different killers; 19 prairie dogs were serial killers in the same or consecutive years, and 30% of female prairie dogs killed at least one ground squirrel over their lifetimes. Females that killed ground squirrels had significantly higher annual and lifetime fitness than non-killers, probably because of decreased interspecific competition for vegetation. Our results document the first case of interspecific killing of competing individuals unrelated to predation (IK) among herbivorous mammals in the wild, and show that IK enhances fitness for animals living under natural conditions.

scholarly journals A Novel Retrovirus (Gunnison’s Prairie Dog Retrovirus) Associated With Thymic Lymphoma in Gunnison’s Prairie Dogs in Colorado, USA

Viruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 606
Author(s):  
Molly D. Butler ◽  
Karen Griffin ◽  
Connie D. Brewster ◽  
Marylee L. Kapuscinski ◽  
Mark D. Stenglein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Cynomys Ludovicianus ◽  
Prairie Dogs ◽  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Thymic Lymphoma ◽  
Type D ◽  
Cynomys Gunnisoni ◽  
Cynomys Leucurus ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
Gunnison's Prairie Dogs

As part of research and wildlife disease surveillance efforts, we performed necropsy examinations of 125 free-ranging (n = 114) and captive (n = 11) prairie dogs in Colorado from 2009 to 2017. From these cases, we identified three cases of thymic lymphoma in free-ranging Gunnison’s prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni), and we identified a novel retroviral sequence associated with these tumors. The viral sequence is 7700 nucleotides in length and exhibits a genetic organization that is consistent with the characteristics of a type D betaretrovirus. The proposed name of this virus is Gunnison’s prairie dog retrovirus (GPDRV). We screened all 125 prairie dogs for the presence of GPDRV using PCR with envelope-specific primers and DNA extracted from spleen samples. Samples were from Gunnison’s prairie dogs (n = 59), black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) (n = 40), and white-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys leucurus) (n = 26). We identified GPDRV in a total of 7/125 (5.6%) samples including all three of the prairie dogs with thymic lymphoma, as well as spleen from an additional four Gunnison’s prairie dogs with no tumors recognized at necropsy. None of the GPDRV-negative Gunnison’s prairie dogs had thymic lymphomas. We also identified a related, apparently endogenous retroviral sequence in all prairie dog samples. These results suggest that GPDRV infection may lead to development of thymic lymphoma in Gunnison’s prairie dogs.

Breeding Biology of the White-Tailed Prairie Dog, Cynomys leucurus, in Wyoming

1967 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene B. Bakko ◽  
Larry N. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Biology ◽  
Prairie Dog ◽  
Cynomys Leucurus
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