*The prairie dog is a mammal that lives in North America.

The prairie dog is a small mammal that is brown with a long tail.

It is short with long fingers.

It has big eyes, small ears and whiskers.

*The description of the habitat .

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Prairie dogs only live in North America. They live in tunnels or burrows. Halfway down is a shelf where they can hide.

*The life cycle.

The babies are allowed to sleep at other homes.

In fact they can visit other coteries.

The parents play with the babies.

*The food chain.

A prairie dog’s typical meal is grass or a greenery. They bite close to the ground so they don’t get pricked. Coyotes and hawks eat prairie dogs.

*Interesting facts

They only live in North America. A coterie or colony is a group of prairie dogs. They are highly sociable. One prairie dog coterie in Texas had about 400,000,000.