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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 ↓

Mountain Cottontail ¹
Sylvilagus nuttallii

Snowshoe Hare ²
Lepus americanus

Southwestern Red Squirrel ³
Tamiasciurus fremonti

American Red Squirrel ⁴
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Least Chipmunk ⁵
Neotamias minimus

Colorado Chipmunk ⁶
Neotamias quadrivittatus

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel ⁶
Callospermophilus lateralis

Wyoming Ground Squirrel ⁷
Urocitellus elegans

Yellow-bellied Marmot ⁸
Marmota flaviventris

American Beaver ⁹
Castor canadensis

Northern Pocket Gopher ¹⁰
Thomomys talpoides

Common Porcupine ¹¹
Erethizon dorsatum

House Mouse ¹²
Mus musculus

Heather Vole ¹³
Phenacomys intermedius

Muskrat ¹⁴
Ondatra zibethicus

Long-tailed Vole ¹⁵
Microtus longicaudus

Montane Vole ¹⁶
Microtus montanus

Southern Red-backed Vole ¹⁷
Myodes gapperi

Deer Mouse ¹⁸
Peromyscus maniculatus

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat ¹⁹
Neotoma cinerea

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse ²⁰
Zapus hudsonius preblei

Moose ²¹
Alces alces

Mule Deer ²²
Odocoileus hemionus

Elk ²³
Cervus canadensis

Bighorn Sheep ²⁴
Ovis canadensis

Mountain Goat ²⁵
Oreamnos americanus

Big Brown Bat ²⁶
Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat ²⁷
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Hoary Bat ²⁸
Lasiurus cinereus

Townsend's Big-eared Bat ⁶
Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Small-footed Myotis ²⁹
Myotis ciliolabrum

Miller's Myotis ³⁰
Myotis evotis

Little Brown Bat ³¹
Myotis lucifugus

Fringed Myotis ³²
Myotis thysanodes

Long-legged Myotis ²⁶
Myotis volans

American Black Bear ³³
Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon ³⁴
Procyon lotor

Ringtail ³⁵
Bassariscus astutus

Long-tailed Weasel ³⁶
Neogale frenata

American Mink ³⁷
Neovison vison

American Marten ³⁸
Martes americana

American Badger ³⁹
Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk ⁴⁰
Mephitis mephitis

Western Spotted Skunk ⁴¹
Spilogale gracilis

Canada Lynx ⁴²
Lynx canadensis

Bobcat ⁴³
Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion ⁴⁴
Puma concolor

Coyote ⁴⁵
Canis latrans

Red Fox ⁴⁶
Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox ⁴⁷
Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Masked Shrew ⁴⁸
Sorex cinereus

Dusky Shrew ⁴⁹
Sorex monticolus

Dwarf Shrew ⁵⁰
Sorex nanus

American Water Shrew ¹³
Sorex palustris

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Wildlife of Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Mountain Cottontail 1 Sylvilagus nuttallii

Snowshoe Hare 2 Lepus americanus

Southwestern Red Squirrel 3 Tamiasciurus fremonti

American Red Squirrel 4 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Least Chipmunk 5 Neotamias minimus

Colorado Chipmunk 6 Neotamias quadrivittatus

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 6 Callospermophilus lateralis

Wyoming Ground Squirrel 7 Urocitellus elegans

Yellow-bellied Marmot 8 Marmota flaviventris

American Beaver 9 Castor canadensis

Northern Pocket Gopher 10 Thomomys talpoides

Common Porcupine 11 Erethizon dorsatum

House Mouse 12 Mus musculus

Heather Vole 13 Phenacomys intermedius

Muskrat 14 Ondatra zibethicus

Long-tailed Vole 15 Microtus longicaudus

Montane Vole 16 Microtus montanus

Southern Red-backed Vole 17 Myodes gapperi

Deer Mouse 18 Peromyscus maniculatus

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 19 Neotoma cinerea

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse 20 Zapus hudsonius preblei

Moose 21 Alces alces

Mule Deer 22 Odocoileus hemionus

Elk 23 Cervus canadensis

Bighorn Sheep 24 Ovis canadensis

Mountain Goat 25 Oreamnos americanus

Big Brown Bat 26 Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat 27 Lasionycteris noctivagans

Hoary Bat 28 Lasiurus cinereus

Townsend's Big-eared Bat 6 Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Small-footed Myotis 29 Myotis ciliolabrum

Miller's Myotis 30 Myotis evotis

Little Brown Bat 31 Myotis lucifugus

Fringed Myotis 32 Myotis thysanodes

Long-legged Myotis 26 Myotis volans

American Black Bear 33 Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon 34 Procyon lotor

Ringtail 35 Bassariscus astutus

Long-tailed Weasel 36 Neogale frenata

American Mink 37 Neovison vison

American Marten 38 Martes americana

American Badger 39 Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk 40 Mephitis mephitis

Western Spotted Skunk 41 Spilogale gracilis

Canada Lynx 42 Lynx canadensis

Bobcat 43 Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion 44 Puma concolor

Coyote 45 Canis latrans

Red Fox 46 Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox 47 Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Masked Shrew 48 Sorex cinereus

Dusky Shrew 49 Sorex monticolus

Dwarf Shrew 50 Sorex nanus

American Water Shrew 13 Sorex palustris