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title: "White-tailed Prairie Dog"
description: "Cynomys leucurus — Mammiferi. The white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) is found in western Wyoming and western Colorado with small areas in eastern Utah and southern Montana."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-tailed-prairie-dog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-tailed Prairie Dog

> Cynomys leucurus — Mammiferi. The white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) is found in western Wyoming and western Colorado with small areas in eastern Utah and southern Montana.

- Scientific name: *Cynomys leucurus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 1235
- Wikidata: [Q585213](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q585213)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46177](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46177)

## Names

- en: White-tailed Prairie Dog
- de: Weißschwanz-Präriehund
- es: Perrito llanero de cola blanca
- fr: Chien de prairie à queue blanche
- nl: Witstaartprairiehond

## Countries with the most observations

US (1175)

## Summary

The white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) is found in western Wyoming and western Colorado with small areas in eastern Utah and southern Montana.  The largest populations are in Wyoming where they are known colloquially as "chiselers". This prairie dog species lives at an elevation between 5,000 and 10,000 feet (1,500 and 3,000 m), generally a higher elevation than other prairie dog species. Its predators include black-footed ferrets, badgers, and golden eagles.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_prairie_dog

## Photo

![White-tailed Prairie Dog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-tailed-prairie-dog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Robbie Hannawacker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2969056

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-tailed-prairie-dog?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).