genus Cynomys

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Noun1.genus Cynomys - prairie dogsgenus Cynomys - prairie dogs        
Cynomys
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Sciuridae, Sciuridae - a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles
prairie dog, prairie marmot - any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry
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Pliocene-pleistocene biogeographic history of prairie dogs, genus Cynomys (Sciuridae), J Mammal, 76:100-122
Presence of both Active and Inactive Colonies of Prairie Dogs Contributes to Higher Vegetation Heterogeneity at the Landscape Scale
Patterns of dental variation and evolution in prairie dogs, genus Cynomys. Pages 107-133 in Morphological change in Quaternary mammals of North America (R.
Late Pleistocene vertebrates from a rockshelter in Cimarron County, Oklahoma
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