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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 ↓

Taxonomy
« Back To Vertebrates Subphylum Vertebrata
- Mammals Class Mammalia
  - 35 Primates, Rodents, and Allies Superorder Euarchontoglires
  - 28 Ungulates, Carnivorans, and Allies Superorder Laurasiatheria

Desert Cottontail ¹
Sylvilagus audubonii

Eastern Cottontail ²
Sylvilagus floridanus

Mountain Cottontail ³
Sylvilagus nuttallii

White-tailed Jackrabbit ⁴
Lepus townsendii

Abert's Squirrel ⁵
Sciurus aberti

Fox Squirrel ⁶
Sciurus niger

Southwestern Red Squirrel ⁷
Tamiasciurus fremonti

American Red Squirrel ⁸
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Rock Squirrel ⁹
Otospermophilus variegatus

Golden-mantled Group Squirrel ¹⁰
Callospermophilus lateralis

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel ⁵
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Black-tailed Prairie Dog ¹¹
Cynomys ludovicianus

Least Chipmunk ¹²
Tamias minimus

Plains Pocket Gopher ¹³
Geomys bursarius

Northern Pocket Gopher ¹⁴
Thomomys talpoides

Hispid Pocket Mouse ¹⁵
Chaetodipus hispidus

Olive-backed Pocket Mouse ¹⁶
Perognathus fasciatus

Plains Pocket Mouse ¹⁷
Perognathus flavescens

Silky Pocket Mouse ¹⁵
Perognathus flavus

Ord's Kangaroo Rat ¹⁸
Dipodomys ordii

Common Porcupine ¹⁹
Erethizon dorsatum

Norway Rat ²⁰
Rattus norvegicus

House Mouse ²¹
Mus musculus

Muskrat ²²
Ondatra zibethicus

Long-tailed Vole ²³
Microtus longicaudus

Prairie Vole ²⁴
Microtus ochrogaster

Meadow Vole ²⁵
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Deer Mouse ²⁶
Peromyscus maniculatus

Northern Rock Mouse ²⁷
Peromyscus nasutus

Western Harvest Mouse ¹⁰
Reithrodontomys megalotis

Plains Harvest Mouse ²⁸
Reithrodontomys montanus

Northern Grasshopper Mouse ²⁹
Onychomys leucogaster

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat ³⁰
Neotoma cinerea

Mexican Woodrat ¹⁵
Neotoma mexicana

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse ³¹
Zapus hudsonius preblei

Mule Deer ³²
Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed Deer ³³
Odocoileus virginianus

Elk ³⁴
Cervus canadensis

Big Brown Bat ¹⁵
Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat ³⁵
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Hoary Bat ³⁶
Lasiurus cinereus

Plecotus townsendii ¹⁰
Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Small-footed Myotis ³⁷
Myotis ciliolabrum

Miller's Myotis ³⁸
Myotis evotis

Little Brown Bat ³⁹
Myotis lucifugus

Long-legged Myotis ¹⁵
Myotis volans

American Black Bear ⁴⁰
Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon ⁴¹
Procyon lotor

Ringtail ⁴²
Bassariscus astutus

Short-tailed Weasel ⁴³
Mustela erminea

Long-tailed Weasel ⁴⁴
Mustela frenata

American mink ⁴⁵
Neovison vison

American Badger ⁴⁶
Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk ⁴⁷
Mephitis mephitis

Western Spotted Skunk ⁴⁸
Spilogale gracilis

Bobcat ⁴⁹
Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion ⁵⁰
Puma concolor

Coyote ⁵¹
Canis latrans

Swift Fox ⁴
Vulpes velox

Red Fox ⁵²
Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox ⁵³
Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Masked Shrew ⁵⁴
Sorex cinereus

Merriam's Shrew ²⁴
Sorex merriami

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Wildlife of Roxborough State Park

Desert Cottontail 1 Sylvilagus audubonii

Eastern Cottontail 2 Sylvilagus floridanus

Mountain Cottontail 3 Sylvilagus nuttallii

White-tailed Jackrabbit 4 Lepus townsendii

Abert's Squirrel 5 Sciurus aberti

Fox Squirrel 6 Sciurus niger

Southwestern Red Squirrel 7 Tamiasciurus fremonti

American Red Squirrel 8 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Rock Squirrel 9 Otospermophilus variegatus

Golden-mantled Group Squirrel 10 Callospermophilus lateralis

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel 5 Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Black-tailed Prairie Dog 11 Cynomys ludovicianus

Least Chipmunk 12 Tamias minimus

Plains Pocket Gopher 13 Geomys bursarius

Northern Pocket Gopher 14 Thomomys talpoides

Hispid Pocket Mouse 15 Chaetodipus hispidus

Olive-backed Pocket Mouse 16 Perognathus fasciatus

Plains Pocket Mouse 17 Perognathus flavescens

Silky Pocket Mouse 15 Perognathus flavus

Ord's Kangaroo Rat 18 Dipodomys ordii

Common Porcupine 19 Erethizon dorsatum

Norway Rat 20 Rattus norvegicus

House Mouse 21 Mus musculus

Muskrat 22 Ondatra zibethicus

Long-tailed Vole 23 Microtus longicaudus

Prairie Vole 24 Microtus ochrogaster

Meadow Vole 25 Microtus pennsylvanicus

Deer Mouse 26 Peromyscus maniculatus

Northern Rock Mouse 27 Peromyscus nasutus

Western Harvest Mouse 10 Reithrodontomys megalotis

Plains Harvest Mouse 28 Reithrodontomys montanus

Northern Grasshopper Mouse 29 Onychomys leucogaster

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 30 Neotoma cinerea

Mexican Woodrat 15 Neotoma mexicana

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse 31 Zapus hudsonius preblei

Mule Deer 32 Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed Deer 33 Odocoileus virginianus

Elk 34 Cervus canadensis

Big Brown Bat 15 Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat 35 Lasionycteris noctivagans

Hoary Bat 36 Lasiurus cinereus

Plecotus townsendii 10 Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Small-footed Myotis 37 Myotis ciliolabrum

Miller's Myotis 38 Myotis evotis

Little Brown Bat 39 Myotis lucifugus

Long-legged Myotis 15 Myotis volans

American Black Bear 40 Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon 41 Procyon lotor

Ringtail 42 Bassariscus astutus

Short-tailed Weasel 43 Mustela erminea

Long-tailed Weasel 44 Mustela frenata

American mink 45 Neovison vison

American Badger 46 Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk 47 Mephitis mephitis

Western Spotted Skunk 48 Spilogale gracilis

Bobcat 49 Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion 50 Puma concolor

Coyote 51 Canis latrans

Swift Fox 4 Vulpes velox

Red Fox 52 Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox 53 Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Masked Shrew 54 Sorex cinereus

Merriam's Shrew 24 Sorex merriami