prairie dog

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There was less food for birds and also for the prairie dog.
供鳥類以及草原土撥鼠吃的食物也少了。
Some exhibits have glass viewing areas, like for the prairie dog.
一些展品有玻璃展示區(qū)域，例如草原土撥鼠。
A hungry prairie dog carried on nibbling his nut as a flock of starlings tried to get his lunch, and he completely ignored them at St Louis Zoo in Missouri, US.
在美國密蘇里的圣·路易斯公園里，當一群椋鳥試圖搶走一只饑餓的土撥鼠的堅果的時候，這只土撥鼠繼續(xù)啃咬他的食物，完全無視他們的存在。

It fears the prairie dog is disappearing, and it wants it protected under the Endangered Species Act.
ECONOMIST: An endangered nuisance
According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, only seven major (bigger than 10, 000 acres) black-tailed prairie dog towns remain.
ECONOMIST: An endangered nuisance
Many a western teenager has learned about marksmanship by plinking away in a prairie dog town, the hummocky meadows where the creatures live and play.
ECONOMIST: An endangered nuisance

A prairie dog is a type of small furry animal that lives underground in the prairies and some mountains of North America.