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Wildlife of Rifle Falls, Rifle Gap, and Harvey Gap State Parks

Harvey Gap and Rifle Falls are both headquartered at Rifle Gap, and are all within about 4.5 miles of one another.

Harvey Gap is a total of about 320 acres, 160 of which is the reservoir and the other 160 acres are the lands surrounding the reservoir. The park lies at approximately ...more ↓

Desert Cottontail 1
Sylvilagus audubonii
Mountain Cottontail 2
Sylvilagus nuttallii
White-tailed Jackrabbit 3
Lepus townsendii
American Red Squirrel 4
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 5
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 6
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Uinta Chipmunk 7
Neotamias umbrinus
Rock squirrel 8
Otospermophilus variegatus
Golden-mantled ground squirrel 6
Callospermophilus lateralis
Yellow-bellied Marmot 9
Marmota flaviventris
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel 10
Ammospermophilus leucurus
American Beaver 11
Castor canadensis
Northern Pocket Gopher 12
Thomomys talpoides
Common Porcupine 13
Erethizon dorsatum
House Mouse 14
Mus musculus
Muskrat 15
Ondatra zibethicus
Long-tailed Vole 16
Microtus longicaudus
Montane Vole 17
Microtus montanus
southern red-backed vole 18
Myodes gapperi
Brush Mouse 19
Peromyscus boylii
Deer Mouse 20
Peromyscus maniculatus
Pinyon Mouse 21
Peromyscus truei
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 22
Neotoma cinerea
Western Jumping Mouse 23
Zapus princeps
Mule Deer 24
Odocoileus hemionus
Elk 25
Cervus canadensis
Big Brown Bat 19
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 26
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Hoary Bat 27
Lasiurus cinereus
Townsend's big-eared bat 6
Corynorhinus townsendii
Western Small-footed Myotis 28
Myotis ciliolabrum
Miller's Myotis 29
Myotis evotis
Little Brown Bat 30
Myotis lucifugus
Long-legged Myotis 31
Myotis volans
American Black Bear 32
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 33
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 34
Bassariscus astutus
Long-tailed Weasel 35
Neogale frenata
American Mink 36
Neovison vison
American Badger 37
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 38
Mephitis mephitis
Western Spotted Skunk 39
Spilogale gracilis
Bobcat 40
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 41
Puma concolor
Coyote 42
Canis latrans
Red Fox 43
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 44
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Masked Shrew 45
Sorex cinereus
Dusky Shrew 46
Sorex monticolus
American Water Shrew 46
Sorex palustris

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