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Prairie dogs

Prairie dogs get their name from a grassy plain where they live. The reason they are called dogs is because their animal call is like a noisy dog barking.

Prairie dogs have short legs and they have eyes at the top of their head. They weigh between one and three pounds. They live underground in burrows. They mostly eat plants and grasses. Occasionally they eat grasshoppers and other insects. They live on the Greait Plains from southern Canada to Northern Mexico.