Complex sentence: Prairie dogs (genus "Cynomys") are herbivorous burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America: black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison's, Utah, and Mexican prairie dogs.
Split into simpler sentences: Prairie dogs (genus "Cynomys") are herbivorous burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America. The five species are: black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison's, Utah, and Mexican prairie dogs.