Utah prairie dog the population decline, though there are other factors, such as "land development, deteriorating rangeland health, the encroachment of woody vegetation, sylvatic plague, and drought." Conservation efforts include encouraging landowners to improve the health of their rangelands, and compensating farmers who set aside areas the prairie dogs may use. Utah prairie dog The Utah prairie dog ("Cynomys parvidens") is the smallest species of prairie dog, a member of the squirrel family of rodents native to the south central steppes of the US state of Utah. The fur is multicolor, which consists of black, brown, and dark brown at the tip. Face
Portrait of a Woman, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family Portrait of a Woman, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family Portrait of a Woman, possibly a member of the Beresteyn family is a 1632 portrait painting by Rembrandt. It shows a woman with an unusually large millstone collar, pendant to "Portrait of a Man, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family". It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rembrandt created this painting as a pendant to the MET's portrait of a man, probably as a wedding pendant. Only a few pairs of pendant portraits by Rembrandt have survived. This pair came into the