Notes+on+the+animals!!

__//North American Prairie//__
__Black-tailed Prairie Dog:__ -found in south dakota -Lewis and Clark commented their behavior -Their cries were like little toy dogs -Live in small family groups within a larger colony - Sent a live one too President Jefferson -animal survived the four-month journey -Still around now(most likely found in zoos) __//**-"[J]ust above the entrance of Teapot creek on the star'd side there is a large assemblage of the burrows of the Barking Squirrel." -- Meriwether Lewis**//__

__Black footed ferret:__ -Discovered in Upper Missouri -feed on cute Prairie dogs -destined to be one of North Americas most endangered mammals -think still around today? __//**-"[T]his plane extends with the same bredth from the creek below to the distance of near three miles ablove parrallel with the river, and it is intirely occupyed by the burrows of the barking squiril heretofore described. . . . a great number of wolves of the small kind, [hawks] and some pole-cats were to be seen. I presume that those anamals feed on this squirril." --Meriwether Lewis**//__

__Sea otter: Note(Pacific Northwest):__ -killed some and traded Native Americans for Knifes,with fur -now endangered mammals __-"the otter are now plenty since the water has become sufficiently clear for them to take fish." —Meriwether Lewis__//**
 * //-Tought to be found in Columbia