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Wildlife of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Cheyenne Mountain State Park is geographically situated just south of Colorado Springs. It lies beneath the eastern flank of Cheyenne Mountain, and borders the plains of Colorado. The park occupies an important transitional zone between Great Plains grassland communities and montane coniferous ...more ↓

Common Opossum 1
Didelphis marsupialis
Desert Cottontail 2
Sylvilagus audubonii
Eastern Cottontail 3
Sylvilagus floridanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 4
Lepus californicus
Fox Squirrel 5
Sciurus niger
Southwestern Red Squirrel 6
Tamiasciurus fremonti
American Red Squirrel 7
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Rock Squirrel 8
Otospermophilus variegatus
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel 9
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Spotted ground squirrel 10
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 11
Cynomys ludovicianus
Plains Pocket Gopher 12
Geomys bursarius
Hispid Pocket Mouse 13
Chaetodipus hispidus
Plains Pocket Mouse 14
Perognathus flavescens flavescens
Silky Pocket Mouse bunkeri ssp. 15
Perognathus flavus bunkeri
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 16
Dipodomys ordii
House Mouse 17
Mus musculus
White-footed Mouse 18
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 19
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 20
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Plains Harvest Mouse 21
Reithrodontomys montanus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 22
Onychomys leucogaster
Mule Deer 23
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 24
Odocoileus virginianus
Elk 25
Cervus canadensis
Pronghorn 26
Antilocapra americana
Townsend's Big-eared Bat 27
Corynorhinus townsendii
Fringed Myotis 28
Myotis thysanodes
American Black Bear 29
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 30
Procyon lotor
Long-tailed Weasel 31
Mustela frenata
American Badger 26
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 32
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 33
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 34
Puma concolor
Coyote 35
Canis latrans
Swift Fox 36
Vulpes velox
Red Fox 37
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 38
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
North American Least Shrew 39
Cryptotis parva
Northern Short-tailed Shrew 40
Blarina brevicauda
Masked Shrew 41
Sorex cinereus
Merriam's Shrew 22
Sorex merriami
Dusky Shrew 22
Sorex monticolus

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