Editing Prairie dog (section)

==Classification and first identification==
The black-tailed prairie dog (''Cynomys ludovicianus'') was first described by Lewis and Clark in 1804.<ref name="sept7" /> Lewis described it in more detail in 1806, calling it the "barking squirrel".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/examples/servlet/transform/tamino/Library/lewisandclarkjournals?&_xmlsrc=http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/lewisandclark/files/xml/1806-07-01.xml&_xslsrc=http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/lewisandclark/LCstyles.xsl#n36070116 |title=Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Tuesday July 1st 1806 |publisher=Libtextcenter.unl.edu |access-date=2009-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201055327/http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/examples/servlet/transform/tamino/Library/lewisandclarkjournals?&_xmlsrc=http%3A%2F%2Flibtextcenter.unl.edu%2Flewisandclark%2Ffiles%2Fxml%2F1806-07-01.xml&_xslsrc=http%3A%2F%2Flibtextcenter.unl.edu%2Flewisandclark%2FLCstyles.xsl#n36070116 |archive-date=1 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''Order [[Rodent]]ia'''
* '''Suborder [[Sciuromorpha]]'''
** '''Family [[Sciuridae]]''' ([[squirrel]]s, [[chipmunk]]s, [[marmot]]s, and prairie dogs)<ref>{{Cite web | author= Basic Biology | date= 2015 | title= Rodents | url= https://basicbiology.net/animal/mammals/rodents}}</ref>
*** '''Subfamily [[Xerinae]]'''
**** '''Genus ''Cynomys'''''
***** [[Gunnison's prairie dog]], ''Cynomys gunnisoni''
***** [[White-tailed prairie dog]], ''Cynomys leucurus''
***** [[Black-tailed prairie dog]], ''Cynomys ludovicianus''
***** [[Mexican prairie dog]], ''Cynomys mexicanus''
***** [[Utah prairie dog]], ''Cynomys parvidens''
**** About 14 other genera in subfamily

===Extant species===
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! Image !! Common name !! Scientific name  !! Distribution
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|[[File:Cynomys gunnisoni Attilly.jpg|120px]] || [[Gunnison's prairie dog]]|| ''Cynomys gunnisoni''||Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico
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|[[File:White-Tailed Prairie Dog on Seedskadee NWR (24943085663).jpg|120px]] || [[White-tailed prairie dog]]|| ''Cynomys leucurus''|| Western Wyoming and western Colorado with small areas in eastern Utah and southern Montana.
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|[[File:Präriehund.jpg|120px]] || [[Black-tailed prairie dog]]|| ''Cynomys ludovicianus''|| Saskatchewan, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico
|-
|[[File:Mexican prairie dog.jpg|120px]] || [[Mexican prairie dog]]|| ''Cynomys mexicanus''||Coahuila, Nuevo León, and San Luis Potosí
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|[[File:Cynomys parvidens (29259482624).jpg|120px]] || [[Utah prairie dog]]|| ''Cynomys parvidens''|| Utah
|-
|}