Black-tailed prairie dog

Japanese: オグロプレーリードッグ - おぐろぷれーりーどっぐ
Black-tailed prairie dog

...The name "dog" comes from the sharp voice they make when danger approaches. The representative species that lives in the Great Plains in central North America, the black-tailed prairie dog C. ludovicianus (illustration), and five other species, are distributed from Montana to Mexico. All species are very similar.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "black-tailed prairie dog" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…危険が迫るとするどい声でなくのでdogの名がある。北アメリカ中央部のグレートプレーンズにすむ代表種,オグロプレーリードッグC.ludovicianus(イラスト)ほか計5種が,モンタナからメキシコにかけて分布する。どの種もたいへんよく似ている。…

※「オグロプレーリードッグ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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