cynomys

• Научное название рода, относящееся к луговым собачкам — роющим грызунам, обитающим в прериях Северной Америки.

A scientific genus name referring to prairie dogs, which are burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America.

uncountable · proper noun

1. Prairie dogB2formal

   A small, burrowing rodent of the genus Cynomys, native to the grasslands of North America.

   Луговая собачка

   • Cynomys live in large underground colonies called towns.
   • The black-tailed Cynomys is the most common species.
   • Cynomys communicate using a complex system of barks and chirps.

   Synonymsprairie dog