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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 ↓

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

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