Utah prairie dog: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Utah prairie dog lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cynomys parvidens
Group	Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae

Where does the Utah prairie dog live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Utah prairie dog in 1 country or territory across North America.

United States

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Utah prairie dog endangered?

The Utah prairie dog’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Utah prairie dog?

The Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Cynomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Utah prairie dog

The Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens) is the smallest species of prairie dog and is endemic to the south-central steppes of the American state of Utah.

The species is listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with a status of Endangered. Because of this, it is a protected species; the prairie dog faces various threats - the most dangerous being habitat loss and diseases.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Utah prairie dog (revision 1377199231), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q304415 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).