Where did Lewis and Clark get the prairie dogs?
Where did Lewis and Clark get the prairie dogs? From St. Louis, our prairie dog, along with the other live specimens, were shipped 1000 miles down the Mississippi River to New Orleans where William Claiborne would arrange transporting them to Washington City. The prairie dog did not arrive in good health. What kind of animal is a black tailed prairie dog? Black-tailed prairie dogs are a group of socializing rodents. These organisms are known to exist in North America in black-tailed prairie dog colonies called coterie. Each coterie comprises of a male, one to four females and their pups. Beside...