KnowraPrairie dogLinked fromLinked fromThe 13 pages that link to Prairie dog, each with the reason it gives.All 13Broader topic 4Related 3Compared with 6SquirrelCompared with: Despite its name, a prairie dog is a squirrel rather than a dog.Tree squirrelCompared with: Its colonial burrow life contrasts sharply with solitary or small-group canopy foraging.Colonial nestingCompared with: Its social colony distinguishes group living from the shared nesting pattern meant here.SciurusCompared with: Their colonial burrowing contrasts with the mostly tree-dwelling habits of Sciurus.SpermophilusCompared with: They occupy a similar ecological niche but belong to a different ground-squirrel lineage.OctodonCompared with: Their common name and sociality can invite comparison, but they are squirrels, not caviomorphs.