black-tailed prairie dog

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q247142
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black-tailed prairie dog

Summary

black-tailed prairie dog is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,510 views/month, #1,346 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • black-tailed prairie dog's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • black-tailed prairie dog is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • black-tailed prairie dog's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • black-tailed prairie dog belongs to the parent taxon Cynomys[6].
  • black-tailed prairie dog is classified within Cynomys[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, black-tailed prairie dog is Cynomys ludovicianus[8].
  • black-tailed prairie dog's Commons category is recorded as Cynomys ludovicianus[9].
  • black-tailed prairie dog's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cynomys ludovicianus[10].
  • black-tailed prairie dog's Commons gallery is recorded as Cynomys ludovicianus[11].
  • black-tailed prairie dog's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • black-tailed prairie dog's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity[13].
  • black-tailed prairie dog's short name is recorded as C. ludovicianus[14].
  • black-tailed prairie dog is commonly known as Black-tailed prairie dog[15].
  • black-tailed prairie dog is commonly known as Arizona Black-tailed Prairie Dog[16].
  • black-tailed prairie dog is commonly known as Black-tailed Prairie Dog[17].
  • black-tailed prairie dog is commonly known as Plains Prairie Dog[18].
  • black-tailed prairie dog is commonly known as Schwarzschwanz-Präriehund[19].
  • black-tailed prairie dog's mass is recorded as {'amount': '+15'}[20].
  • black-tailed prairie dog's gestation period is recorded as {'amount': '+35'}[21].
  • black-tailed prairie dog's longest observed lifespan is recorded as {'amount': '+11'}[22].
  • black-tailed prairie dog's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[23].
  • black-tailed prairie dog's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[24].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, black-tailed prairie dog is Cynomys ludovicianus[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Cynomys[6]. Recorded taxon common name include Black-tailed prairie dog[15], Arizona Black-tailed Prairie Dog[16], Plains Prairie Dog[18], and Schwarzschwanz-Präriehund[19].

Identifiers

black-tailed prairie dog's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46179[25]. black-tailed prairie dog's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 45480[26]. black-tailed prairie dog's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 311548[27]. black-tailed prairie dog's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2437232[28]. black-tailed prairie dog's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180186[29].

Why It Matters

black-tailed prairie dog ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,510 views/month, #1,346 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1552]]: [[Q120446]]"
  2. 5w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i47964
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02362208-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
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