Abiotic Factors
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Temperature in grassy plains usually stay the same.
The temperature ranges form95-100 degrees F.(38C.).
And in the winter –40 degrees F. in the winter(-40C.).
Precipitation
An average prairie gets about 24 inches of rain per
Year.
Water
You might wonder how a prairie dog gets its water. Well, right by the verge of the prairie, there are usually streams that the prairie dogs drink from
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Topography
The topography for their habitat is: flat, open grass lands and Shrubs, grasslands w/ low relatively sparse vegetation/ grass lands.
Shelter Their shelters are quite simple. They’re made out of Sandy clay loams, silty, or just loams.
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Raising Young
Prairie dogs usually raise their young in burrows.
Their litter size is about 3-4 per year. And they
usually keep their young in the burrows for about
5-6 weeks.
Escape Routes
If a Prairie Dog is ever being attancked by a predator, it will use the under ground tunnels it has dug, so it can safly make it out.
