Editing Great Plains (section)

==== Invertebrates ====
The Great Plains also has many [[invertebrate]] species living here both alive and [[Extinction|extinct]] such as the [[Nicrophorus americanus|American burying beetle]] (''Nicrophorus americus''), [[Salt Creek tiger beetle]] (''Cinidela nevadica lincolniana''), [[Amblycheila cylindriformis|Great Plains giant tiger beetle]] (''Amblycheila chylindriformis''), ''[[Microstylum morosum]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Troy |date=2010-08-05 |title=Giant Robber Fly of the Great Plains – ''Microstylum morosum'' |url=https://troymullens.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/giant-robber-fly-of-the-great-plains-microstylum-morosum/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=I C U Nature |language=en}}</ref> [[bean leaf beetle]] (''Cerotoma trifurcata''), [[Great Plains camel cricket]] (''Daihinia brevipes''),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webmaster |first=David Ratz |title=Great Plains Camel Cricket - Montana Field Guide |url=https://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IIORTK4010 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=fieldguide.mt.gov |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Lepyronia gibbosa|Great Plains spittlebug]] (''Lepyronia gibbosa'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Encyclopedia of the Great Plains {{!}} Insects |url=http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.pe.034 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=plainshumanities.unl.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=''Lepyronia gibbosa'' (Great Plains spittlebug) - Michigan Natural Features Inventory |url=https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/species/description/11566/Lepyronia-gibbosa |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=mnfi.anr.msu.edu}}</ref> Some species in the Great Plains have gone extinct like the [[Rocky Mountain locust]] (''Melanoplus spretus'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Encyclopedia of the Great Plains {{!}} Insect Lore |url=http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.fol.026 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=plainshumanities.unl.edu}}</ref>

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File:Bison bison Wichita Mountain Oklahoma.jpg|American bison (''Bison bison''), Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
File:Black-footed Ferrets in Preconditioning Pens (15519959116) (cropped).jpg|Black-footed ferret (''Mustela nigripes'') National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center, Colorado
File:Swift Fox (cropped).jpg|Swift fox (''Vulpes velox''), Colorado
File:Tympanuchus pallidicinctus-1jpg (cropped).jpg|Lesser prairie-chicken (''Tympanuchus pallidicinctus'') on a [[Lek mating|lek]] in the Red Hills of Kansas
File:Great Plains Rat Snake (Pantherophis emoryi) (8726969667).jpg|Great Plains ratsnake (''Pantherophis emoryi''), Missouri
File:Great Plains toad (cropped).jpg|Great Plains toad (''Anaxyrus cognatus'')
File:Amerikanischer Totengräber (Nicrophorus americanus).jpg|[[Nicrophorus americanus]]
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