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Wildlife of Roxborough State Park

Roxborough State Park is located approximately twenty-five miles southwest of Denver in Douglas County. Over 105,000 people visit this day-use park each year. Local schools, scouting groups, and clubs make up a significant portion of park visitation. Families and groups of international ...more ↓

Mountain Cottontail ¹
Sylvilagus nuttallii

White-tailed Jackrabbit ²
Lepus townsendii

Abert's Squirrel ³
Sciurus aberti

Fox Squirrel ⁴
Sciurus niger

Southwestern Red Squirrel ⁵
Tamiasciurus fremonti

American Red Squirrel ⁶
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Rock Squirrel ⁷
Otospermophilus variegatus

Golden-mantled Group Squirrel ⁸
Callospermophilus lateralis

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel ³
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Black-tailed Prairie Dog ⁹
Cynomys ludovicianus

Least Chipmunk ¹⁰
Tamias minimus

Plains Pocket Gopher ¹¹
Geomys bursarius

Northern Pocket Gopher ¹²
Thomomys talpoides

Hispid Pocket Mouse ¹³
Chaetodipus hispidus

Olive-backed Pocket Mouse ¹⁴
Perognathus fasciatus

Plains Pocket Mouse ¹⁵
Perognathus flavescens

Silky Pocket Mouse ¹³
Perognathus flavus

Ord's Kangaroo Rat ¹⁶
Dipodomys ordii

Common Porcupine ¹⁷
Erethizon dorsatum

Norway Rat ¹⁸
Rattus norvegicus

House Mouse ¹⁹
Mus musculus

Muskrat ²⁰
Ondatra zibethicus

Long-tailed Vole ²¹
Microtus longicaudus

Prairie Vole ²²
Microtus ochrogaster

Meadow Vole ²³
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Deer Mouse ²⁴
Peromyscus maniculatus

Northern Rock Mouse ²⁵
Peromyscus nasutus

Western Harvest Mouse ⁸
Reithrodontomys megalotis

Plains Harvest Mouse ²⁶
Reithrodontomys montanus

Northern Grasshopper Mouse ²⁷
Onychomys leucogaster

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat ²⁸
Neotoma cinerea

Mexican Woodrat ¹³
Neotoma mexicana

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse ²⁹
Zapus hudsonius preblei

Mule Deer ³⁰
Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed Deer ³¹
Odocoileus virginianus

Elk ³²
Cervus canadensis

Big Brown Bat ¹³
Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat ³³
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Hoary Bat ³⁴
Lasiurus cinereus

Plecotus townsendii ⁸
Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Small-footed Myotis ³⁵
Myotis ciliolabrum

Miller's Myotis ³⁶
Myotis evotis

Little Brown Bat ³⁷
Myotis lucifugus

Long-legged Myotis ¹³
Myotis volans

American Black Bear ³⁸
Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon ³⁹
Procyon lotor

Ringtail ⁴⁰
Bassariscus astutus

Short-tailed Weasel ⁴¹
Mustela erminea

Long-tailed Weasel ⁴²
Mustela frenata

American mink ⁴³
Neovison vison

American Badger ⁴⁴
Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk ⁴⁵
Mephitis mephitis

Western Spotted Skunk ⁴⁶
Spilogale gracilis

Bobcat ⁴⁷
Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion ⁴⁸
Puma concolor

Coyote ⁴⁹
Canis latrans

Swift Fox ²
Vulpes velox

Red Fox ⁵⁰
Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox ⁵¹
Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Masked Shrew ⁵²
Sorex cinereus

Merriam's Shrew ²²
Sorex merriami

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Wildlife of Roxborough State Park

Mountain Cottontail 1 Sylvilagus nuttallii

White-tailed Jackrabbit 2 Lepus townsendii

Abert's Squirrel 3 Sciurus aberti

Fox Squirrel 4 Sciurus niger

Southwestern Red Squirrel 5 Tamiasciurus fremonti

American Red Squirrel 6 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Rock Squirrel 7 Otospermophilus variegatus

Golden-mantled Group Squirrel 8 Callospermophilus lateralis

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel 3 Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Black-tailed Prairie Dog 9 Cynomys ludovicianus

Least Chipmunk 10 Tamias minimus

Plains Pocket Gopher 11 Geomys bursarius

Northern Pocket Gopher 12 Thomomys talpoides

Hispid Pocket Mouse 13 Chaetodipus hispidus

Olive-backed Pocket Mouse 14 Perognathus fasciatus

Plains Pocket Mouse 15 Perognathus flavescens

Silky Pocket Mouse 13 Perognathus flavus

Ord's Kangaroo Rat 16 Dipodomys ordii

Common Porcupine 17 Erethizon dorsatum

Norway Rat 18 Rattus norvegicus

House Mouse 19 Mus musculus

Muskrat 20 Ondatra zibethicus

Long-tailed Vole 21 Microtus longicaudus

Prairie Vole 22 Microtus ochrogaster

Meadow Vole 23 Microtus pennsylvanicus

Deer Mouse 24 Peromyscus maniculatus

Northern Rock Mouse 25 Peromyscus nasutus

Western Harvest Mouse 8 Reithrodontomys megalotis

Plains Harvest Mouse 26 Reithrodontomys montanus

Northern Grasshopper Mouse 27 Onychomys leucogaster

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 28 Neotoma cinerea

Mexican Woodrat 13 Neotoma mexicana

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse 29 Zapus hudsonius preblei

Mule Deer 30 Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed Deer 31 Odocoileus virginianus

Elk 32 Cervus canadensis

Big Brown Bat 13 Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat 33 Lasionycteris noctivagans

Hoary Bat 34 Lasiurus cinereus

Plecotus townsendii 8 Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Small-footed Myotis 35 Myotis ciliolabrum

Miller's Myotis 36 Myotis evotis

Little Brown Bat 37 Myotis lucifugus

Long-legged Myotis 13 Myotis volans

American Black Bear 38 Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon 39 Procyon lotor

Ringtail 40 Bassariscus astutus

Short-tailed Weasel 41 Mustela erminea

Long-tailed Weasel 42 Mustela frenata

American mink 43 Neovison vison

American Badger 44 Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk 45 Mephitis mephitis

Western Spotted Skunk 46 Spilogale gracilis

Bobcat 47 Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion 48 Puma concolor

Coyote 49 Canis latrans

Swift Fox 2 Vulpes velox

Red Fox 50 Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox 51 Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Masked Shrew 52 Sorex cinereus

Merriam's Shrew 22 Sorex merriami