How many desert animals start with C?

17 of the 223 desert animals in Icillion start with C, for example Camel, Coyote and Chuckwalla.

What is the longest name among desert animals that start with C?

The longest is “Curve-billed Thrasher” and the shortest is “Camel”.

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17 desert animals start with C, from “Cactus Wren” to “Cuvier's Gazelle”. Every one of them counts as an answer in Icillion.

C is the 5th most common first letter in this list: 17 of the 223 desert animals (8%).
Shortest: “Camel”. Longest: “Curve-billed Thrasher”.
11 names have more than one word.
1 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.

How many desert animals start with C?: 17 of the 223 desert animals in Icillion start with C, for example Camel, Coyote and Chuckwalla.
What is the longest name among desert animals that start with C?: The longest is “Curve-billed Thrasher” and the shortest is “Camel”.

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