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Cynomys ludovicianus (black-tailed prairie dog)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Arctomys ludoviciana was named by Ord (1815). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cynomys ludovicianus by Baird (1858), Hollister (1916), Schultz and Howard (1935), Slaughter (1966), Lundelius (1972), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Hall (1981) and Goodwin (1995).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Arctomys ludoviciana Ord
1817Cynomys grisea Rafinesque
1817Cynomys socialis Rafinesque
1819Monax missouriensis Warden
1829Cynomys cinereus Richardson
1858Cynomys ludovicianus Baird
1890Cynomys arizonensis Mearns
1905Cynomys pyrrotrichus Elliot
1916Cynomys ludovicianus Hollister
1935Cynomys ludovicianus Schultz and Howard p. 279
1956Cynomys meadensis Hibbard
1966Cynomys ludovicianus Slaughter p. 479
1972Cynomys ludovicianus Lundelius, Jr.
1980Cynomys ludovicianus Kurten and Anderson p. 218
1981Cynomys ludovicianus Hall
1995Cynomys ludovicianus Goodwin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeMarmotini
genusCynomysRafinesque 1817
speciesludovicianus(Ord 1815)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cynomys ludovicianus Ord 1815 [black-tailed prairie dog]
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Invalid names: Cynomys arizonensis Mearns 1890 [synonym], Cynomys cinereus Richardson 1829 [synonym], Cynomys grisea Rafinesque 1817 [synonym], Cynomys meadensis Hibbard 1956 [synonym], Cynomys pyrrotrichus Elliot 1905 [synonym], Cynomys socialis Rafinesque 1817 [synonym], Monax missouriensis Warden 1819 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-12 18:11:35
Modified: 2012-05-14 19:04:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.80000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Cynomys ludovicianus (20332)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Cynomys ludovicianus (20382)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Cynomys ludovicianus (20163 20306 20318 20342 20413 20533 20568)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (New Mexico) Cynomys ludovicianus (20504 20505 20514)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Texas) Cynomys ludovicianus (225289)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Cynomys ludovicianus (74145 93178)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Cynomys ludovicianus (93140 93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Cynomys ludovicianus (162122 162126 162131 162132)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Cynomys ludovicianus (74473 79683 93527) Sciuridae indet. (85142)