A genus of rodents commonly known as prairie dogs, which are burrowing ground squirrels found in North American grasslands.
From Greek 'cyno-' meaning dog and 'mys' meaning mouse or rodent; early colonists called them prairie dogs because of their barking vocalizations that resembled dog sounds.
Prairie dogs actually talk to each other with different 'words' for different predators—their bark-like calls were so dog-like that English settlers gave the whole genus a canine name!
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