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The similarly sized, but more social, prairie dog is not classified in the genus Marmota but in the related genus Cynomys. Marmots typically live in burrows (often within rockpiles, particularly in the case of the yellow-bellied marmot), and hibernate there through the winter. Most marmots are highly social and use loud whistles to communicate with one another, especially when alarmed. Marmots mainly eat greens and many types of grasses, berries, lichens, mosses, roots, and flowers.
What Do Ferrets Eat in the Wild? Dark-footed ferrets depend on prairie dogs for everything from food to shelter to safety. These wild members of the weasel family eat prairie dogs practically exclusively and also live in abandoned prairie dog dens. They rely on these large holes for protection from eagles and other predators.