Wildlife of Lathrop State Park

Lathrop State Park encompasses 1,434 acres of land and 320 acres of water. It is located about 90 miles south of Colorado Springs and 50 miles north of the Colorado-New Mexico state line. The principle features are Horseshoe and Martin Lakes, two of the largest reservoirs in the area, and ...more ↓

House Mouse ¹
Mus musculus

Muskrat ²
Ondatra zibethicus

Long-Tailed Vole ³
Microtus longicaudus

Meadow Vole ⁴
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Brush Mouse ⁵
Peromyscus boylii

White-footed Mouse ⁶
Peromyscus leucopus

Deer Mouse ⁷
Peromyscus maniculatus

Northern Rock Mouse ⁸
Peromyscus nasutus

Pinyon Mouse ⁹
Peromyscus truei

Western Harvest Mouse ¹⁰
Reithrodontomys megalotis

Northern Grasshopper Mouse ¹¹
Onychomys leucogaster

White-throated Woodrat ¹⁰
Neotoma albigula

Mexican Woodrat ⁵
Neotoma mexicana

Western Jumping Mouse ¹²
Zapus princeps

Mule Deer ¹³
Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed Deer ¹⁴
Odocoileus virginianus

Elk ¹⁵
Cervus canadensis

Pronghorn ¹⁶
Antilocapra americana

Silver-haired Bat ¹⁷
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Western Small-Footed Myotis ¹⁸
Myotis ciliolabrum

American Black Bear ¹⁹
Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon ²⁰
Procyon lotor

Ringtail ²¹
Bassariscus astutus

Long-tailed Weasel ²²
Mustela frenata

American Mink ²³
Neovison vison

American Badger ²⁴
Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk ²⁵
Mephitis mephitis

Western Spotted Skunk ²⁶
Spilogale gracilis

Bobcat ²⁷
Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion ²⁸
Puma concolor

Coyote ²⁹
Canis latrans

Red Fox ³⁰
Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox ³¹
Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Crawford's Gray Shrew ³²
Notiosorex crawfordi

Largemouth Bass ³³
Micropterus salmoides

Bluegill ³⁴
Lepomis macrochirus

Sauger ³⁵
Sander canadensis

Walleye ³⁶
Sander vitreus

Yellow Perch ³⁷
Perca flavescens

Cutthroat Trout ¹⁶
Oncorhynchus clarkii

Channel Catfish ³⁸
Ictalurus punctatus

European Carp ³⁹
Cyprinus carpio

Northern Pike ⁴⁰
Esox lucius

Tiger Muskellunge ⁴¹
Esox masquinongy × lucius

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Wildlife of Lathrop State Park

House Mouse 1 Mus musculus

Muskrat 2 Ondatra zibethicus

Long-Tailed Vole 3 Microtus longicaudus

Meadow Vole 4 Microtus pennsylvanicus

Brush Mouse 5 Peromyscus boylii

White-footed Mouse 6 Peromyscus leucopus

Deer Mouse 7 Peromyscus maniculatus

Northern Rock Mouse 8 Peromyscus nasutus

Pinyon Mouse 9 Peromyscus truei

Western Harvest Mouse 10 Reithrodontomys megalotis

Northern Grasshopper Mouse 11 Onychomys leucogaster

White-throated Woodrat 10 Neotoma albigula

Mexican Woodrat 5 Neotoma mexicana

Western Jumping Mouse 12 Zapus princeps

Mule Deer 13 Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed Deer 14 Odocoileus virginianus

Elk 15 Cervus canadensis

Pronghorn 16 Antilocapra americana

Silver-haired Bat 17 Lasionycteris noctivagans

Western Small-Footed Myotis 18 Myotis ciliolabrum

American Black Bear 19 Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon 20 Procyon lotor

Ringtail 21 Bassariscus astutus

Long-tailed Weasel 22 Mustela frenata

American Mink 23 Neovison vison

American Badger 24 Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk 25 Mephitis mephitis

Western Spotted Skunk 26 Spilogale gracilis

Bobcat 27 Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion 28 Puma concolor

Coyote 29 Canis latrans

Red Fox 30 Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox 31 Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Crawford's Gray Shrew 32 Notiosorex crawfordi

Largemouth Bass 33 Micropterus salmoides

Bluegill 34 Lepomis macrochirus

Sauger 35 Sander canadensis

Walleye 36 Sander vitreus

Yellow Perch 37 Perca flavescens

Cutthroat Trout 16 Oncorhynchus clarkii

Channel Catfish 38 Ictalurus punctatus

European Carp 39 Cyprinus carpio

Northern Pike 40 Esox lucius

Tiger Muskellunge 41 Esox masquinongy × lucius