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GBIF·2437236speciesAnimalia4,345 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familySciuridae
  6. ›genusCynomys
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Gunnison's Prairie Dog

Cynomys gunnisoni (Baird, 1855)

Also calledCane della prateria di Gunnison (ita) · Chien de prairie du Colorado (fra) · Cão-da-pradaria-de-cauda-curta (por) · Cão-das-pradarias-de-Gunnison (por) · Gunnison-Präriehund (deu) · Gunnisonprairiehond (nld) · Gunnisonpræriehund (nob) · Perrito llanero de Gunnison (spa) · lyhythäntäpreerikko (fin) · nieświszczuk płowy (pol) · psoun Gunnisonův (ces) · Κυνώμυς του Gunnison (ell) · Луговая собачка Гуннисона (rus) · ガニソンプレーリードッグ (jpn)

First described in: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.7 p.334

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

child_taxa

Subspecies:: Subspecies Cynomys (Leucocrossuromys) gunnisoni subsp. gunnisoni Baird 1855 Subspecies Cynomys (Leucocrossuromys) gunnisoni subsp. zuniensis Hollister 1916

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

discussion

Discussion: Subgenus Leucocrossuromys (Hall, 1981). Reviewed by Pizzimenti and Hoffmann (1973, Mammalian Species No. 25) and Pizzimenti (1976).

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

distribution

Distribution: SE Utah, SW Colorado, NE Arizona, and NW New Mexico (USA).

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

materials_examined

Type Locality: " Cochitope [Cochetopa] Pass of Rocky Mountains. " (Saguache Co., Colorado, USA).

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437236.