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Wildlife of Cherry Creek State Park

Comprised of an 880-acre reservoir and 3305 acres of upland, Cherry Creek State Park is the largest regional park and recreation area in the southeast Denver area. it was also the first park in the state park system. Located in the High Plains section of the Great Plains, the park sits on a ...more ↓

Desert Cottontail 1
Sylvilagus audubonii
Eastern Cottontail 2
Sylvilagus floridanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 3
Lepus californicus
Eastern White-tailed Jackrabbit 4
Lepus townsendii campanius
Fox Squirrel 5
Sciurus niger
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 6
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Spotted Ground Squirrel 7
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 8
Cynomys ludovicianus
American Beaver 9
Castor canadensis
Plains Pocket Gopher 10
Geomys bursarius
Hispid Pocket Mouse 11
Chaetodipus hispidus
Plains Pocket Mouse 12
Perognathus flavescens
Common Porcupine 13
Erethizon dorsatum
Brown Rat 14
Rattus norvegicus
Muskrat 15
Ondatra zibethicus
Prairie Vole 16
Microtus ochrogaster
Meadow Vole 17
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Deer Mouse 18
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 19
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Plains Harvest Mouse 20
Reithrodontomys montanus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 21
Onychomys leucogaster
Meadow Jumping Mouse 22
Zapus hudsonius
Mule Deer 23
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 24
Odocoileus virginianus
Big Brown Bat 11
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 25
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern Red Bat 26
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 27
Lasiurus cinereus
Little Brown Bat 28
Myotis lucifugus
Common Raccoon 29
Procyon lotor
Long-tailed Weasel 30
Mustela frenata
American Badger 31
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 11
Mephitis mephitis
Coyote 32
Canis latrans
Red Fox 33
Vulpes vulpes
North American Least Shrew 34
Cryptotis parvus
Merriam's Shrew 35
Sorex merriami

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