Colorado finds MacKenna digging a grave for Prairie Dog. For a list of vertebrate species associated with black-tailed prairie dog colonies, see. For a complete list of vegetation preferred by the black-tailed prairie dog, see. The park hosts abundant populations of rodents, including several prairie dog towns. Kits are born in May and June in prairie dog burrows. Prairie dog burrows contain chambers to provide certain functions. Prairie dog burrows are long and below the ground. Prairie dog burrows can have up to six entrances. Black-tailed prairie dog gestation is 34 days. Behavior is more like that of a prairie dog than a typical ground squirrel. This colorful canyon was carved by the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River. The prairie dog is well adapted to predators. Both species feed on the black-tailed prairie dog. Plague has been active in black-tailed prairie dog populations since the 1960s. An example of this is the prairie dog habituating to humans.