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New Mexico State Symbols:

Aircraft – Hot Air Balloon

Amphibian – New Mexico Spadefoot Toad  

Animal – Black Bear

Ballad – Land of Enchantment

Balloon Museum – Abruzzo International Balloon Museum  

Gem – Emrald, 

Colors – Red and Yellow

Bird – Roadrunner

Butterfly – Sandia Hairstreak

Cookie – Biscochito

Fish – New Mexico Cutthroat Trout

Flower – Yucca Flower

Fossil – Coelophysis Dinosaur

Grass – Blue Grama Grass

Guitar – Pimentel Rising Sun Guitar

Insect – Tralantula Hawk Wasp

Poem – “A Nuevo Mexico”

Reptile – New Mexico Whiptail Lizard

Song – “O Fair New Mexico”

Tie – Bolo Tie

Mammal – Black Bear

Tree – Nut Tree

Vegetables – Chile and Frijol

Population: 1,984,356        

Resources:

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/35000.html

www.enchantedlearnig.com/usa/states/newmexico/

www.netstate.com/states/symb/nm symb.htm