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Definition of Cynomys
1. Noun. Prairie dogs.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Sciuridae, Sciuridae
Member holonyms: Prairie Dog, Prairie Marmot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynomys
Literary usage of Cynomys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"cynomys leucurus Merriam. Between Meeker and Axial, Colorado (AH feiger). ...
Warren's collection of cynomys skulls, to determine whether any specific ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... to be distinct from the Barking Squirrel more fully described in their third,
drew up from their notices the characters of his cynomys socialis and C. ..."
3. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"*cynomys arizonensis Mearns. 1890. cynomys arizonensis MEARNS, Bull. Amer. Mus.
Nat. ... Point of Mountain, near Wilcox, Cochise County, Arizona. t*cynomys ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Our second genus is cynomys, containing only the well- known " prairie dogs," or
more correctly ... 2.—Under Side of Skull of and coloration. The cynomys ..."
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