Replication Data for: Fig 18.8A, GPDs, Communal nursing per female, more details, 24 June 2026

OLD File name = GPDs, Comm nurse, alien vs own, 10 Dec 2019 or 2020 For kinship, OFF = offspring In this file, 154 cases (261-108 + case 80) involve aboveground nursing of offspring In this file, 28 cases (108-80) involve aboveground nursing of alien offspring = communal nursing In this file, 28 cases (108-80) involve aboveground nursing of alien offspring = communal nursing Kinship is the verbal kinship of offspring that nurses aboveground to mother that nurses r-value is the coefficident of genetic relatedness between nursing mother and nursing offspring = quantification of kinship No data from RMC in 2013 because of fire in May and June.

No data from PEFO in 1995 because of plague. Note many cases with MISSING DATA for kinship. Note on 04 June 2022: Note that this file includes MULTIPLE OBSERVATIONS from the same female in many cases.

Note well: Some PEFO times from 1989-1993 are from early am rather than early evening. RR54 (eartag 693) in 2014 is the SAME FEMALE as 54 (eartag 693) in 2015. This file has been checked by JLH alone on 18 Nov 2019, and again on 10 Dec 2019 Final corrections made on 02 Jan 2020.

See above. This file has been checked by JLH alone on 18 Nov 2019, and again on 10-11 Dec 2019, and then on 19 Dec 2019 This file is identical to file = GPDs, Comm nurse, Final copy, 21 Sept 2020, but has been sorted by Mother GPD Redondo Meadow Colony (RMC, studied in 2013 through 2016) was at Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP). GPD Visitor Center Colony (VCC, studied in 2017 and 2018) was also at VCNP.

GPD colony at Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO) was studied from 1989 through 1995. Dates shown here are Julian dates. Julian date of copulation = 71 = 12 March, for example.

Julian date of first emergence of juveniles from natal burrow entrance = 145 = 25 May, for example. These Julian data are for NON-LEAP years. Julian dates for leap years after 28 February differ by 1 day.

Julian date of parturition = 84 = March 25, for example. These data used for Fig 18.8 in Hoogland 2026. This file ready for longterm storage on 16 May 2025.

I considered data from the same prairie dog in different years to be independent, and for many analyses I considered the same mother and the same juvenile from the same day of the same year to be independent. UNX = unmarked nursing juvenile for which I did know kinship between nursing mother and juvenile Some of these data are repeated in other files such as File name = Figs 18.1 through 18.7, GPDs, Comm nurse, 23 June 2026 Remember, Summary data for this EXCEL file Fig 18.8A are in Fig 18.8B, GPDs, Communal nursing per female, Summary, 24 June 2026 File name = Fig 18.8A, GPDs, Communal nursing per female, more details, 24 June 2026