Jack F. Cully Jr. Linda S. Rayor James P. Fitzgerald John L. Hoogland 2012 <p><span>Gunnison's prairie dogs (</span><i><i>Cynomys gunnisoni</i></i><span>) are rare, diurnal, colonial, burrowing, ground-dwelling squirrels. Studies of marked individuals living under natural conditions in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s showed that males are heavier than females throughout the year; that adult females living in the same territory are consistently close kin; and that females usually mate with the sexually mature male(s) living in the home territory. Research from 2007 through 2010 challenges all 3 of these findings. Here we discuss how different methods might have led to the discrepancies.</span></p> application/pdf 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-034.3 en American Society of Mammalogists Conflicting research on the demography, ecology, and social behavior of Gunnison's prairie dogs (<i>Cynomys gunnisoni</i>) article