Prairie Dog, The (Cynomys Ludovicianus)


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Marker Number: 5404 
Marker Title: The Prairie Dog (Cynomys Ludovicianus) 
Index Entry: Prairie Dog, The (Cynomys Ludovicianus) 
Address: Towle Memorial Park, US 190 
City: Snyder 
County: Scurry 
UTM Zone: 14 
UTM Easting: 319422 
UTM Northing: 3619050 
Subject Codes: AN 
Year Marker Erected: 1968 
Designations: na 
Marker Location: In east section of Towle Memorial Park, Snyder 
Marker Size: 18" x 28" 
Repairs Completed:  
Marker Text: Small burrowing rodent once symbolic of Old West. Estimates
 once placed Texas population in billions. Prairie dogs were so named because of 
their quick sharp barking and wagging tails. A vegetarian mammal related to the squirrel 
and ground hog, their homes are craftily built L-shaped burrows, 15 to 20 feet or more long;
 seldom connected with others in their "town". Declared pests to agriculture and range,
 town was established March 1964, to preserve remnant of a vanishing species. (1968)