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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 ↓

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

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