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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 ↓

Abert's Squirrel 1
Sciurus aberti
Fox Squirrel 2
Sciurus niger
Southwestern Red Squirrel 3
Tamiasciurus fremonti
American Red Squirrel 4
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 5
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 6
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 7
Callospermophilus lateralis
American Beaver 8
Castor canadensis
Northern Pocket Gopher 9
Thomomys talpoides
North American Porcupine 10
Erethizon dorsatum
Muskrat 11
Ondatra zibethicus
Long-tailed Vole 12
Microtus longicaudus
Deer Mouse 13
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 6
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Mule Deer 14
Odocoileus hemionus
Bighorn Sheep 15
Ovis canadensis
Big Brown Bat 16
Eptesicus fuscus
Hoary Bat 17
Lasiurus cinereus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat 6
Corynorhinus townsendii
Little Brown Bat 18
Myotis lucifugus
Western Small-footed Myotis 19
Myotis ciliolabrum
Miller's Myotis 20
Myotis evotis
Fringed Myotis 21
Myotis thysanodes
American Black Bear 22
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 23
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 24
Bassariscus astutus
Striped Skunk 25
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 26
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 27
Puma concolor
Coyote 28
Canis latrans
Red Fox 29
Vulpes vulpes
Dusky Shrew 30
Sorex monticolus
American Water Shrew 31
Sorex palustris

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