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Wildlife of John Martin Reservoir State Park

John Martin Reservoir State Park located in Bent County along the Arkansas River between Las Animas and Larmar, CO. The Park consists of about 1,727 acres of land and between 1000 and 11,647 acres of water depending on the elevation of the reservoir. Boating and fishing are by far the most ...more ↓

Virginia Opossum 1
Didelphis virginiana
Nine-banded Armadillo 2
Dasypus novemcinctus
Desert Cottontail 3
Sylvilagus audubonii
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 4
Lepus californicus
Fox Squirrel 5
Sciurus niger
Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel 6
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Spotted Ground Squirrel 7
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 8
Cynomys ludovicianus
American Beaver 9
Castor canadensis
Plains Pocket Gopher 10
Geomys bursarius
Yellow-Faced Pocket Gopher 11
Cratogeomys castanops
Hispid Pocket Mouse 12
Chaetodipus hispidus
Plains Pocket Mouse 13
Perognathus flavescens
Silky Pocket Mouse 12
Perognathus flavus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 14
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 15
Erethizon dorsatum
Muskrat 16
Ondatra zibethicus
Prairie Vole 17
Microtus ochrogaster
White-footed Mouse 18
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 19
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 20
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Plains Harvest Mouse 21
Reithrodontomys montanus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 22
Onychomys leucogaster
Eastern Woodrat 23
Neotoma floridana
Southern Plains Woodrat 24
Neotoma micropus
Hispid Cotton Rat 20
Sigmodon hispidus
Mule Deer 25
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 26
Odocoileus virginianus
Big Brown Bat 12
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 27
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern Red Bat 28
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 29
Lasiurus cinereus
Little Brown Bat 30
Myotis lucifugus
Yuma Myotis 20
Myotis yumanensis
American Black Bear 31
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 32
Procyon lotor
Short-Tailed Weasel 33
Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel 34
Mustela frenata
Black-footed Ferret 35
Mustela nigripes
American Badger 36
Taxidea taxus
Western Hog-Nosed Skunk 37
Conepatus leuconotus
Striped Skunk 38
Mephitis mephitis
Eastern Spotted Skunk 39
Spilogale putorius
Bobcat 40
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 41
Puma concolor
Coyote 42
Canis latrans
Swift Fox 43
Vulpes velox
Red Fox 44
Vulpes vulpes

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