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Wildlife of Eldorado Canyon State Park

Eldorado Canyon State Park lies eight miles southwest of the city of Boulder along the eastern edge of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in an ecotone between the grasslands below and coniferous forests in and above the park. The park is made up of 1,442 acres owned by the State of ...more ↓

Woodhouse's Toad 1
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Western Tiger Salamander 2
Ambystoma mavortium
Prairie Lizard 2
Sceloporus consobrinus
Eastern Fence Lizard 3
Sceloporus undulatus
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 4
Thamnophis elegans
Common Garter Snake 5
Thamnophis sirtalis
North American Racer 6
Coluber constrictor
Gopher Snake 7
Pituophis catenifer
Bullsnake 8
Pituophis catenifer sayi
Smooth Greensnake 9
Opheodrys vernalis
Western Milksnake 10
Lampropeltis gentilis
Corn Snake 11
Pantherophis guttatus
Prairie Rattlesnake 7
Crotalus viridis
Abert's Squirrel 12
Sciurus aberti
Fox Squirrel 13
Sciurus niger
Southwestern Red Squirrel 14
Tamiasciurus fremonti
American Red Squirrel 15
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 16
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 7
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 17
Callospermophilus lateralis
American Beaver 18
Castor canadensis
Northern Pocket Gopher 19
Thomomys talpoides
North American Porcupine 20
Erethizon dorsatum
Muskrat 21
Ondatra zibethicus
Long-tailed Vole 22
Microtus longicaudus
Deer Mouse 23
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 7
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Mule Deer 24
Odocoileus hemionus
Bighorn Sheep 25
Ovis canadensis
Big Brown Bat 26
Eptesicus fuscus
Hoary Bat 27
Lasiurus cinereus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat 7
Corynorhinus townsendii
Little Brown Bat 28
Myotis lucifugus
Western Small-footed Myotis 29
Myotis ciliolabrum
Miller's Myotis 30
Myotis evotis
Fringed Myotis 31
Myotis thysanodes
American Black Bear 32
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 33
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 34
Bassariscus astutus
Striped Skunk 35
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 36
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 37
Puma concolor
Coyote 38
Canis latrans
Red Fox 39
Vulpes vulpes
Dusky Shrew 40
Sorex monticolus
American Water Shrew 41
Sorex palustris
Brown Trout 42
Salmo trutta
Rainbow Trout 43
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Brook Trout 44
Salvelinus fontinalis
Longnose Dace 45
Rhinichthys cataractae
Longnose Sucker 46
Catostomus catostomus
White Sucker 47
Catostomus commersonii

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