Prairie-dog

Prairie-dog might not be a delicacy sought after by epicures, yet he never had heard anything directly against them, beyond their propensity for burrowing, which made them undesirable tenants.

The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart 1916

"Prairie-dog -- I was experimenting to see if they were edible."

The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart 1916

A Prairie-dog cannot see well unless he is sitting up on his hind legs; his eyes are of little use when he is nosing in the grass; and Tito knew this.

Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

A Prairie-dog away from the others is, of course, easier to catch than one in the middle of the town, for he has but one pair of eyes to guard him; so Tito set about stalking this one.

Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

Near the centre of it was a fine, big, fat Prairie-dog, a perfect alderman, that she had made several vain attempts to capture.

Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

A Prairie-dog hole is shaped like a funnel, going straight down.

Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

The Prairie-dog followed and gave it a nip which satisfied him that the strange object would make good eating.

Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

Sometimes she brought them a Prairie-dog, at other times she would come home with a whole bunch of Gophers and Mice in her jaws; and once or twice, by the clever trick of relay-chasing, she succeeded in getting one of the big Northern

Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

The Prairie-dog with the outlying den was really an easy prey, but the town was quite compact now that he was gone.

Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

Prairie-dog smelling her, but so that she could smell him, which came to the same thing.

Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Ernest Thompson Seton 1903