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Wildlife of Jackson Lake State Park

Commonly referred to as an “oasis on the prairie,” Jackson Lake State Park consists of 440 acres of land and 2,700 acres of water, making it one of the largest reservoirs in the state. The reservoir is in Morgan County, bordering Morgan County Road 3, in the Great Plains region of northeastern ...more ↓

Common Opossum 1
Didelphis marsupialis
Desert Cottontail 2
Sylvilagus audubonii
Eastern Cottontail 3
Sylvilagus floridanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 4
Lepus californicus
Eastern White-tailed Jackrabbit 5
Lepus townsendii campanius
Fox Squirrel 6
Sciurus niger
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 7
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Spotted Ground Squirrel 8
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
American Beaver 9
Castor canadensis
Plains Pocket Gopher 10
Geomys bursarius
Plains Pocket Mouse 11
Perognathus flavescens
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 12
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 13
Erethizon dorsatum
Muskrat 14
Ondatra zibethicus
Prairie Vole 15
Microtus ochrogaster
Meadow Vole 16
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Deer Mouse 17
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 18
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 19
Onychomys leucogaster
Mule Deer 20
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 21
Odocoileus virginianus
Pronghorn 22
Antilocapra americana
Big Brown Bat 23
Eptesicus fuscus
Hoary Bat 24
Lasiurus cinereus
Little Brown Bat 25
Myotis lucifugus
Common Raccoon 26
Procyon lotor
Long-tailed Weasel 27
Mustela frenata
American Badger 28
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 29
Mephitis mephitis
Coyote 30
Canis latrans
Red Fox 31
Vulpes vulpes
North American Least Shrew 32
Cryptotis parva

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