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122: Foxes
We've got four of them, in descending order of size
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121: Stonecat
Not stone. Not a cat.
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120: Greater Roadrunner
It took me a very long time to draw all those feathers
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119: Prionus Longhorn
There are eight species of Prionus Longhorn Beetle in Colorado, all of whom are notable for their large antennae. They are among the largest of all beetles in the state and can grow to almost 2 inches long – but that doesn’t make them particularly big in the world of
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118: Massasauga Rattlesnake
The Massasauga Rattlesnake is a small rattlesnake. There are three species – the eastern, the western, and the desert, of which the latter is the one that lives in Colorado. Their location across North America – stretching from Ontario to southeastern Arizona, with some disjunct populations in Colorado and northern Mexico – roughly
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117: Tricolored bat
The bat formerly known as the Eastern Pipistrelle
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116: Brook Stickleback
An interesting little fish closely related to the seahorse
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115: Greater Prairie-chicken
I love when an animal is described as “Greater” in its name – not Great, not Greatest, just… Greater. I know this means “larger” in animal naming conventions but it always leads me to ask… greater than what? The Greater Prairie-chicken, also known as the pinnated grouse, once lived on vast
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114: Cherry Curculio
This charismatic but tiny weevil (they are only about 2.75 mm in size) lives throughout much of Colorado, found in native chokecherry bushes. Although they live in happy symbiosis with the chokecherry, they will damage commercial cherry trees (which are non-native). Their long snout features tiny mandibles at its
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113: Many-Lined Skink
If only I could detach a body part in order to run away from my problems
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112: Eastern Mole
just little guys
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111: Rio Grande Sucker
They're only about 6 inches long