What eats prairie dogs?

Black-footed ferrets, coyotes, badgers, foxes, bobcats, weasels, falcons, hawks and eagles eat young and mature prairie dogs. Bullsnakes and rattlesnakes prey upon young prairie dogs. Prairie dogs are social animals that live together in huge groups called towns. read more

A prairie dog town, comprising a complicated network of holes and tunnels, can stretch as far as 10,000 feet across. It can contain hundreds or even thousands of these small animals. Consequently, a prairie dog town can support many predators. read more

Black-tailed prairie dogs in South Dakota eat western bluegrass, blue grama, buffalo grass, six weeks fescue, and tumblegrass, while Gunnison’s prairie dogs eat rabbit brush, tumbleweeds, dandelions, saltbush, and cacti in addition to buffalo grass and blue grama. read more