Resident Zoologist
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 262
I am curious...just what species are people here considering 'prairie dogs'? The name is a catch-all for quite a few species under subfamily Xerinae (The five Cynomys species being the primary ones)...I know that Richardson's ground squirrels, Urocitellus richardsonii, a species local to myself, were being harvested and exported as 'prairie dog pets' a few years ago in quite some volume.
G. A. Christian Bilou, Herpetologist
Aquarist since 1971
Director, Reptile Rescue Alberta (Est. 1994)
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Past-president, Calgary Aquarium Society (Est. 1951)
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