Mammals

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The Coyote  The coyote is a very interesting animal. It is smaller than a wolf and has relatively big ears. Western Coyotes weigh 12-14kg while Eastern Coyotes weigh 16-18kg. The range of the coyote is near lakes, Great Lakes, in New England and many other places.

Here are a couple reasons to vote for my animal. The coyote will kill the bunny that keeps eating your garden. They’re also smart much like the people in New Mexico. I hope you vote for my animal.

The Desert Cottontail Rabbit The Desert cottontail is very interesting. The Desert Cottontail has long pointed ears and large legs. Its whiskers are usually black. At the top of the tail is a dark color and below is white. The Desert Cottontail lives in the deserts, scrub, shrub, brush lands, grasslands, prairies, plains, rocky mountains, the southwest, Texas, and California. The Desert Cottontail is 372-397 mm long, 45-60 mm wide, and weighs 755- 1,250 g. The Desert Cottontail occurs in the desert, brush, near willows, rivers, pinion- juniper and woodlands. The Desert Cottontail is in the families of Leporidae, hares, and rabbits. You should vote for the Desert Cottontail for the following reasons. First it is very fast so they can escape predators. Second it is in three family groups. Finally they live in many places. The Desert Cottontail is very interesting so you should vote for it.

The Colorado Chipmunk The Colorado chipmunk is such an interesting creature. One thing that is so beautiful about the Colorado chipmunk it has bright stripes. They live in deserts, forests, and grasslands. The size of the Colorado chipmunk is 80 by 118 mm. The range of the Colorado chipmunk is the Rocky Mountains and the South West.

The first reason you should vote for the Colorado Chipmunk is they are so adorable and unique. The animal is so beautiful with its bright stripes. Its sides are beautiful bright orange. That's why you should vote for the Colorado Chipmunk.

The Free Tailed Bat

The Free tailed bat is such interesting animal. The color of this bat is black and their feet are pink. This animal lives in the Plains, Rocky Mountains, and the North West. The weight of this bat is 10-15g. The size is 85-109m. It is also known as the Brazilian Free Tailed Bat. There are nursery colonies in the summer in caves.

There are many reasons you should vote for the Free Tailed Bat. The first reason you should vote for this animal is usually around Los Alamos and White rock in the summers. The second reason you should vote for this animal is these animal are so unique! The feet of this animal are a beautiful light pink color. These are the reasons you should vote for this animal!

The Black Bear It has a smaller size than other bears. It has larger ears. It has black fur . They hibernate in tree dens and claw the sap off the trees, mostly live in thick trees. They are endangered species. They are more scared of you than you are of them. They live in a lot of places. It weighs to 103 - 409. It is as tall as 5ft to 6ft.

<span style="font-family: 'Permanent Marker',serif;">You should vote for the black bear for two reasons. First, it is a top predator which makes it cool. Second, it looks scary but it is scared of us. <span style="font-family: 'Permanent Marker',serif;">Please vote for the black bear.

<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Architects Daughter'; font-size: 24pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The Ring tail Cat

<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Architects Daughter',serif;">The ring-tail is an awesome mammal. The ring-tail has a unique slender build and a long bushy tail which is striped. Its face is grey and it’s back tawny yellow to reddish brown. It is 2-3 feet long. It eats fruit mice and other small animals. Its range is the plains, Rocky Mountains, southeast, southwest, Texas, California, and northwest. Fun facts. The ring-tail is strictly nocturnal.

<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Architects Daughter',serif;">There are several reasons that you should vote for the ring-tail reason one is that is adorable and that is a very interesting animal. Reason two is that they are one of the coolest animals in New Mexico and other places and if you see them you will never forget that moment. I hope you vote for the ring-tail cat. Thank you.

Abert’s Squirrel <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Abert’s squirrel is a cool animal. This squirrel has tufted ears and white under its tail. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">This animal eats tree seeds and buds. The range of this animal is Rocky Mountains of Southwest. <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The habitat is of this animal is alpine and sub-alpine forests and woodlands. The Abert’s Squirrel is about two pounds and is 64 centimeters about 25 inches.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">These are some reasons you should vote for the Abert’s squirrel. This animal is very unique and is a sweet animal. This animal is also very active in the trees all year around.

Red Squirrel <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Ultra,serif;">The red Squirrel lives in: the Plains, Great lakes, New England, Mid-Atlantic, Rocky Mountains, and Alaska. Their dimensions are 270-380mm long, 90-380mm tall, and weigh 140-250g. The Red Squirrel has 51 relatives, that’s a lot.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Ultra,serif;">Here are some reasons you should vote for the Red Squirrel: When the Red squirrel is a baby it cute but its claws are sharp. It has long ears and a white stripe on its back.

Southern Short Tailed Shrew

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Southern Short Tailed Shrew is awesome. It is solid gray above and below, with a short tail. They are cool because if they were bigger and not blind they would have been monsters, they would have been able to eat humans. Their habitats are forests, and woodlands. Their dimensions are 72-107mm, 12-26mm, and 5-13g. Their range is Plains, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Rocky Mountains, southeast, Florida, and Texas. Its family is soricidae, and other shrews. The similar species are the Northern Short Tailed Shrew.

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">I hope you vote for the shrew because they are super cute and look like a pet rat that is the size of a hamster.

The Long Tailed Weasel The Long-Tailed Weasel is an AWESOME animal. It is 330-420mm long. It weighs 160-450g. The Long-Tailed Weasel is brown with a dark tipped tail. It also has a little white on its feet. The Long-Tailed Weasel lives in these regions the Rocky Mountains, Southeast, Southwest, New England, Eastern and Western Canada. It also lives in bush lands, prairies, forest and in meadows. The Long-Tailed Weasel lives in swamps, marshes and bogs. It hunts small animals, mostly mice and rabbits. Also its babies will be delayed until spring.

You should vote for the Long-tailed Weasel because it is the CUTEST weasel ever, it is a colorful animal and it is a great pet.

__Mule Deer__ <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Mule Deer is not only called the Mule Deer, it is also called The Black Tailed Deer. The Mule Deer looks are big ears but a small tail. The Mule Deer’s babies are reddish with spots. The Mule Deer’s dimensions are 1.3-.7m, 13-22m, 40-120 kg, 1.2-1.6, 12-21 cm, and 30-80 kg. The habitat is Shrub and grasslands, meadows and field, forest and woodlands, alpine, subalpine, cities, suburbs, and towns. The family of the Mule Deer is the Cevidae and Deer.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">You should vote for the Mule Deer because it is very interesting. Also because it is very unusual looking.

The Gray Fox <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The gray fox has a black whipped tail and its breeding season is Jan-mar. The gray fox is about 2-3 feet long and about 2-15 pounds. The gray fox lives in the Alpines and the Sub Alpines. The gray fox eats beetles, grasshoppers, birds, and eggs.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A couple reasons to vote for the gray fox are because it is super cute and very fast and it is a solitary hunter.

The Elk <span style="font-family: 'Permanent Marker',serif;">It has a large tan-colored and has a white rump and the neck is darker than the body. The elk is smaller than the moose. The elk rarely have twins. The new born baby's weight is 15gh. The dimensions are 2.1-2.6m, 11-17m, and 171-292 kg. You should vote for this animal because it is cool and it is a very pretty.

The Striped Skunk <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Striped Skunk is a very interesting mammal. The Striped skunk is black and white and it normally has a white stripe down its back. A male striped skunk typically is 57 to 80 centimeters long and the female is 18 to 39 centimeters long. Male skunks are 15 percent larger than females. The striped skunk eats insects, birds, eggs, and carrion. It also eats rabbits and small vertebrates. Its habitat is cities, canyons, caves, Forests, woodlands, deserts, suburbs, and towns. It also lives in meadows, scrub, shrub, grasslands, prairies and fields. The range of this skunk is Great Lakes, Mid Atlantic, and New England, the South West the Rocky Mountains, the South East, and the Northwest. It also lives in California, Florida, Texas, Eastern Canada, and Western Canada. The striped skunk can accurately shoot its spray up to 4 meters.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">You should vote for the Striped Skunk because if you get a Striped Skunks sent removed it is actually a good pet. Also don’t not vote because of the stink because if you saw something big and scary you would get scared and defend yourself so the spray is a defense. Also skunks are a part of the food chain if we got rid of the skunk we would disrupt the food chain. This is why you should vote for the striped skunk.

The Ermine Weasel The Ermine Weasel is a GREAT weasel. The Ermine Weasel has a dark tipped tail and white feet. It is smaller than a Long-Tailed Weasel and it also has a smaller tail. The males are 40% to 80% larger than the females. In the summer they have a brown back and in the winter they are white with a black tipped tail. They are about 219mm to 343mm long and weigh about 67g to 116g. The Ermine Weasel is related to the Long-Tailed Weasel. They breed in the summer but the babies are delayed until spring. They will give birth in a burrow or a hollow log. The Ermine Weasel will reach adult size at 6 to 7 weeks old. Their mother will teach them to hunt in family groups. The Ermine Weasel is a nocturnal hunter. It hunts mice, young rabbits and other small animals. The Ermine Weasel lives in alpine, towns, woodlands, grasslands, lakes, rivers, meadows, brush-lands, swamps and bogs. The ranges it lives in are New England, plains, mid-Atlantic, rock mountains, southwest, northwest, eastern and western Canada. You should vote for the Ermine Weasel because it is the BEST weasel ever and it has many colors. Also it has a VERY CUTE tail.

The bobcat <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The bobcat likes to hide in caves. It lives in the Rocky Mountains and the forest. It lives in the great lakes. It ranges all over North America. It looks like it has black spots on its back. It hunts for rabbits and hares. You should vote for the bobcat because it is very cool and interesting.

THE DEER MOUSE <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The deer mouse has big black bulging eyes. It lives in North America. It has naked ears, smooth fur, and has white feet. It is kind of big. Babies are born with gray fur and sub adults are yellowish-brown. Northwestern deer mouse has smaller feet and a smaller tail.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Here are some reasons you should vote for the deer mouse it is found in almost all habitats types within its range. Also its name in Greece is peromyscus that is a cool name. It is also at 20 cm, he must be cute.


 * THE ROCK SQUIRREL**
 * <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Rock Squirrel is really cute! ****<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Rock Squirrel usually has a grey back with black or white stripes on it. Also they sometimes have spots on it. Its head is a pinkish brown. Males are larger. The hibernation of a Rock Squirrel is short. The dimensions of a Rock Squirrel are 470-500mm 190-230mm and 450-875g. Its habitats are caves and canyons, cities and suburbs, and deserts. Its ranges expand from the plains, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Texas, and California. **


 * <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Here are some reasons you should vote for the Rock Squirrel. Its big Black eyes make them look adorable. It has the bushiest tail of any ground squirrel. The pinkish brown on its head makes it look pretty. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">The Mountain Lion



<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">The mountain lion is 5.5 to 8.5 feet long. It has a long black tip black tail, it can way up to 264. They live across the US. They have been known to known to attack people.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">You should vote for the mountain lion they are so soft and fast. They are one of the biggest cats.