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References

• 1. IUCN Red List (January, 2008) http://www.iucnredlist.org
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• 2. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (November, 2006) http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=54
• 3. CITES (November, 2006) http://www.cites.org
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• 7. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Mountain-Prairie Region – Endangered Species Programme (November, 2006) http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/species/mammals/btprairiedog/
• 8. Hoogland, J. (1995) The Black-tailed Prairie Dog: Social Life of a Burrowing Mammal. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
• 9. Texas Parks and Wildlife (November, 2006) http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/prairie/
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes. 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79
• Carter, D.C., Melink, G.E. y Hanebury, L. 1993. Distribution and conservation status of prairie dogs (Cynomys mexicanus and Cynomys ludovicianus) in Mexico. Biological Conservation. (63) : 105-112.
• Ceballos, G. y Wilson, D.E. 1985. Cynomys mexicanus. Mammalian Species. (248) : 1-3.
• Chesser, R.K. 1983. Cranial variation among populations of the black tailed prairie dog in New Mexico. Occasional Papers, The Museum, Texas Tech University. (84) : 1-13.
• Chesser, R.K. 1983. Genetic variability within and among populations of the black-tailed prairie dog. Evolution. 37 (2) : 320-331.
• Clark, T.W., Hoffman, R.S. y Nadler, C.F. 1971. Cynomys leucurus. Mammalian Species. (7) : 1-4.
• Coppock, D.L., Detling, J.K., Ellis, J.M. y Dyer, M.I. 1983. Plant-herbivore interactions in a North american mixed-grass prairie. I. Effects of black tailed-praire dogs on intraseasonal aboveground plant biomass and nutriend dynamics and plant species diversity. Oecologia. (56) : 1-9.
• Costello, D.F. 1970. The world of the prairie dog. Lippincott, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Daley, J.G. 1992. Population reductions and genetic variability in black-tailed prairie dogs. The Journal of Wildlife Management. (52) : 10-15.
• Findley, J.S., Harris, A.H., Wilson, D.E. y Jones, E. 1975. Mammals of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. New Mexico, Albuquerque.
• Foltz, D.W. y Hoogland, J.L. 1981. Analysis of the mating system of the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) by likelihood of paternity. Journal of Mammalogy. 62: 706-712.
• Garret, M.G. y Franklin, W.L. 1988. Behavioral ecology of dispersal in the black-tailed prairie dog. Journal of Mammalogy. 69: 236-250.
• Hall, E.R. 1981. The Mammals of North America. Wiley and Son. 1-2. New York.
• Hoffman, R. 1999. Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus). Pp. 445-447 in D Wilson, S Ruff, eds. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. Washington, DC and London: The Smithsonian Institution Press.
• Hollister, N. 1916. A systematic account of the prairie dogs. North American Fauna. (40) : 1-37.
• Hoogland (1996) Cynomys ludovicianus. Mamm Species, 535:1-10.
• Hoogland, J. 1996. Cynomys ludovicianus. Mammalian Species, 535: 1-10.
• Hoogland, J.L. 1979. The effectof colony size on individual alertness of prairie dogs (Sciuridae: Cynomys spp.). Animal Behavior. (27) : 394-407.
• Hoogland, J.L. 1982. Prairie dogs avoid extreme inbreeding. Science. (215) .
• Hoogland, J.L. 1996. Cynomys ludovicianus. Mammalian Species. (535) : 1-10.
• López-Wilchis, R. y López Jardines, J. 1998. Los mamíferos de México depositados en colecciones de Estados Unidos y Canada. I, II, III. México.
• Nowak, R. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Sixth Edition. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Original description: "Ord, G., 1815.  ""North American Zoology""  in A new geographical, historical, and commercial grammar, p. 292; (W. Guthrie, ed.), 2^nd ed., Lippincott, Philadelphia, 2:291-361, p. 292."
• Powell, R.A. 1982. Prairie dog coloniality and black-footed ferrets. Ecology. 63 (6) : 1967-1968.
• Richard Weigl (2005) Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe 48: Stuttgart.
• Treviño-Villareal, J. 1991. The annual cycle of the Mexican prairie dog (Cynomys mexicanus). Occasional Papers, The Museum, Texas Tech University. (158) .
• Vogel, S.; Ellington, C. P.; Kilgore, D. L. 1973. Wind-induced ventilation of the burrow of the prairie-dog, Cynomys ludovicianus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 85(1): 1-14.
• Wilson, D.E. y Reeder, D.M. 1993. Mammal Species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Smithsonian Institution Press, 2nd ed. 1-2. Washington, London.
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207
• Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204