that fecal matter has already begun partially exiting the anus. The Amarillo Sod Poodles, a minor league baseball team, use a nickname for prairie dogs as their cognomen. See also Communal burrow Notes References External links Desert USA: Prairie Dogs Prairie dog Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Park: Prairie Dog Management, Kansas State University Italian association of Prairie dogs Prairie dogs Rodents of North America Mammals of Canada Mammals of Mexico Mammals of the United States Fauna of the Great Plains Fauna of the Plains-Midwest (United States) Fauna of the Rocky Mountains Fauna of the Western United States Fauna of Northern Mexico Articles containing video clips Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Mammals described in 1817