| Marker Number |
5404 |
| Atlas Number |
5415005404 |
| Marker Title |
The Prairie Dog (Cynomys Ludovicianus) |
| Index Entry |
Prairie Dog, The (Cynomys Ludovicianus) |
| Address |
Towle Park Road N |
| City |
Snyder |
| County |
Scurry |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
319748 |
| UTM Northing |
3619253 |
| Subject Codes |
animals |
| Marker Year |
1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
In Towle Park, just to the east of Towle Park Rd N across from the
playground and behind the shopping center. From the intersection of SH 350 and Towle Park Rd head west,
turn right on Towle Park Rd N, then the first right. The road will circle
around the area that once held the prairie dog town. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| 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) |
