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Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Sniffing Another, Badlands National Park, South Dakota

A black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) sniffs another at the entrance to its burrow in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. When prairie dogs encounter other prairie dogs in their territories, they sniff each other's perianal scent glands to make sure that they are from the same family group. Prairie dogs are very social and live in large colonies called prairie dog towns.

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A black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) sniffs another at the entrance to its burrow in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. When prairie dogs encounter other prairie dogs in their territories, they sniff each other's perianal scent glands to make sure that they are from the same family group. Prairie dogs are very social and live in large colonies called prairie dog towns.