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Wildlife of Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Golden Gate Canyon State Park lies approximately 25 miles west of downtown Denver in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The park consists of 11,700 acres that lies across the boundary between the western edge of Jefferson County and the eastern edge of Gilpin County. Elevations range between ...more ↓

Common Raven 1
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 2
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 3
Pica hudsonia
Gray Jay 4
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 5
Nucifraga columbiana
Red Crossbill 6
Loxia curvirostra
Pine Siskin 7
Spinus pinus
American Goldfinch 8
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 9
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 10
Haemorhous mexicanus
Asian Rosy-Finch 11
Leucosticte arctoa
Pine Grosbeak 12
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 13
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 14
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 15
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher 16
Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher 17
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 17
Empidonax occidentalis
Mountain Cottontail 18
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Snowshoe Hare 19
Lepus americanus
Southwestern Red Squirrel 20
Tamiasciurus fremonti
American Red Squirrel 21
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 22
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 23
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 23
Callospermophilus lateralis
Wyoming Ground Squirrel 24
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow-bellied Marmot 25
Marmota flaviventris
American Beaver 26
Castor canadensis
Northern Pocket Gopher 27
Thomomys talpoides
Common Porcupine 28
Erethizon dorsatum
House Mouse 29
Mus musculus
Heather Vole 30
Phenacomys intermedius
Muskrat 31
Ondatra zibethicus
Long-tailed Vole 32
Microtus longicaudus
Montane Vole 33
Microtus montanus
Southern Red-backed Vole 34
Myodes gapperi
Deer Mouse 35
Peromyscus maniculatus
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 36
Neotoma cinerea
Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse 37
Zapus hudsonius preblei
Moose 38
Alces alces
Mule Deer 39
Odocoileus hemionus
Elk 40
Cervus canadensis
Bighorn Sheep 41
Ovis canadensis
Mountain Goat 42
Oreamnos americanus
Big Brown Bat 43
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 44
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Hoary Bat 45
Lasiurus cinereus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat 23
Corynorhinus townsendii
Western Small-footed Myotis 46
Myotis ciliolabrum
Miller's Myotis 47
Myotis evotis
Little Brown Bat 48
Myotis lucifugus
Fringed Myotis 49
Myotis thysanodes
Long-legged Myotis 43
Myotis volans
American Black Bear 50
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 51
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 52
Bassariscus astutus
Long-tailed Weasel 53
Neogale frenata
American Mink 54
Neovison vison
American Marten 55
Martes americana
American Badger 5
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 56
Mephitis mephitis
Western Spotted Skunk 57
Spilogale gracilis
Canada Lynx 58
Lynx canadensis
Bobcat 59
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 60
Puma concolor
Coyote 61
Canis latrans
Red Fox 62
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 63
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Masked Shrew 64
Sorex cinereus
Dusky Shrew 65
Sorex monticolus
Dwarf Shrew 66
Sorex nanus
American Water Shrew 30
Sorex palustris
Johnny Darter 67
Etheostoma nigrum
Rainbow Trout 68
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Brook Trout 69
Salvelinus fontinalis
Common Shiner 70
Luxilus cornutus
Fathead Minnow 71
Pimephales promelas
Northern redbelly dace 72
Chrosomus eos
White Sucker 67
Catostomus commersonii

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