Wildlife of Highline Lake State Park

Highline Lake State Park lies within the Grand Valley of western Colorado at the eastern edge of the Great Basin, about 20 miles west and north of Grand Junction. The park encompasses about 570 acres and consists of Mack Mesa Reservoir and Highline Lake, and lands surrounding these bodies of ...more ↓

Desert Cottontail ¹
Sylvilagus audubonii

Black-tailed Jackrabbit ²
Lepus californicus

White-tailed Jackrabbit ³
Lepus townsendii

Rock Squirrel ⁴
Otospermophilus variegatus

Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel ⁵
Callospermophilus lateralis

White-tailed Prairie Dog ⁶
Cynomys leucurus

Least Chipmunk ⁷
Tamias minimus

White-tailed Antelope Squirrel ⁸
Ammospermophilus leucurus

American Beaver ⁹
Castor canadensis

Northern Pocket Gopher ¹⁰
Thomomys talpoides

Plains Pocket Mouse ¹¹
Perognathus flavescens

North American Porcupine ¹²
Erethizon dorsatum

Muskrat ¹³
Ondatra zibethicus

Canyon Mouse ¹⁴
Peromyscus crinitus

Deer Mouse ¹⁵
Peromyscus maniculatus

Pinyon Mouse ¹⁶
Peromyscus truei

Western Harvest Mouse ⁵
Reithrodontomys megalotis

Northern Grasshopper Mouse ¹⁷
Onychomys leucogaster

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat ¹⁸
Neotoma cinerea

Desert Woodrat ¹⁹
Neotoma lepida

Mule Deer ²⁰
Odocoileus hemionus

Pronghorn ²¹
Antilocapra americana

Big Brown Bat ²²
Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat ²³
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Hoary Bat ²⁴
Lasiurus cinereus

Pallid Bat ²⁵
Antrozous pallidus

Townsend's Big-Eared Bat ⁵
Corynorhinus townsendii

Canyon Bat ²⁶
Parastrellus hesperus

California Myotis ²⁷
Myotis californicus

Western Small-footed Bat ²⁸
Myotis ciliolabrum

Miller's Myotis ²⁹
Myotis evotis

Little Brown Bat ³⁰
Myotis lucifugus

Fringed Myotis ³¹
Myotis thysanodes

Long-legged Myotis ²²
Myotis volans

Yuma Myotis ⁵
Myotis yumanensis

Mexican Free-tailed Bat ³²
Tadarida brasiliensis

Common Raccoon ³³
Procyon lotor

Ringtail ³⁴
Bassariscus astutus

Long-tailed Weasel ³⁵
Mustela frenata

Black-footed Ferret ³⁶
Mustela nigripes

American Mink ³⁷
Neovison vison

American Badger ³⁸
Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk ³⁹
Mephitis mephitis

Western Spotted Skunk ⁴⁰
Spilogale gracilis

Bobcat ⁴¹
Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion ⁴²
Puma concolor

Coyote ⁴³
Canis latrans

Kit Fox ⁴⁴
Vulpes macrotis

Red Fox ⁴⁵
Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox ⁴⁶
Urocyon cinereoargenteus

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Wildlife of Highline Lake State Park

Desert Cottontail 1 Sylvilagus audubonii

Black-tailed Jackrabbit 2 Lepus californicus

White-tailed Jackrabbit 3 Lepus townsendii

Rock Squirrel 4 Otospermophilus variegatus

Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel 5 Callospermophilus lateralis

White-tailed Prairie Dog 6 Cynomys leucurus

Least Chipmunk 7 Tamias minimus

White-tailed Antelope Squirrel 8 Ammospermophilus leucurus

American Beaver 9 Castor canadensis

Northern Pocket Gopher 10 Thomomys talpoides

Plains Pocket Mouse 11 Perognathus flavescens

North American Porcupine 12 Erethizon dorsatum

Muskrat 13 Ondatra zibethicus

Canyon Mouse 14 Peromyscus crinitus

Deer Mouse 15 Peromyscus maniculatus

Pinyon Mouse 16 Peromyscus truei

Western Harvest Mouse 5 Reithrodontomys megalotis

Northern Grasshopper Mouse 17 Onychomys leucogaster

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 18 Neotoma cinerea

Desert Woodrat 19 Neotoma lepida

Mule Deer 20 Odocoileus hemionus

Pronghorn 21 Antilocapra americana

Big Brown Bat 22 Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat 23 Lasionycteris noctivagans

Hoary Bat 24 Lasiurus cinereus

Pallid Bat 25 Antrozous pallidus

Townsend's Big-Eared Bat 5 Corynorhinus townsendii

Canyon Bat 26 Parastrellus hesperus

California Myotis 27 Myotis californicus

Western Small-footed Bat 28 Myotis ciliolabrum

Miller's Myotis 29 Myotis evotis

Little Brown Bat 30 Myotis lucifugus

Fringed Myotis 31 Myotis thysanodes

Long-legged Myotis 22 Myotis volans

Yuma Myotis 5 Myotis yumanensis

Mexican Free-tailed Bat 32 Tadarida brasiliensis

Common Raccoon 33 Procyon lotor

Ringtail 34 Bassariscus astutus

Long-tailed Weasel 35 Mustela frenata

Black-footed Ferret 36 Mustela nigripes

American Mink 37 Neovison vison

American Badger 38 Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk 39 Mephitis mephitis

Western Spotted Skunk 40 Spilogale gracilis

Bobcat 41 Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion 42 Puma concolor

Coyote 43 Canis latrans

Kit Fox 44 Vulpes macrotis

Red Fox 45 Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox 46 Urocyon cinereoargenteus