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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 ↓

Virginia Opossum 1
Didelphis virginiana
Desert Cottontail 2
Sylvilagus audubonii
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 3
Lepus californicus
White-tailed Jackrabbit 4
Lepus townsendii
Least Chipmunk 5
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 6
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Rock Squirrel 7
Otospermophilus variegatus
Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel 8
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
American Beaver 9
Castor canadensis
Yellow-Faced Pocket Gopher 10
Cratogeomys castanops
Botta's Pocket Gopher 11
Thomomys bottae
Hispid Pocket Mouse 12
Chaetodipus hispidus
Olive-Backed Pocket Mouse 13
Perognathus fasciatus
Silky Pocket Mouse 12
Perognathus flavus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 14
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 15
Erethizon dorsatum
House Mouse 16
Mus musculus
Muskrat 17
Ondatra zibethicus
Long-Tailed Vole 18
Microtus longicaudus
Meadow Vole 19
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Brush Mouse 12
Peromyscus boylii
White-footed Mouse 20
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 21
Peromyscus maniculatus
Northern Rock Mouse 22
Peromyscus nasutus
Pinyon Mouse 23
Peromyscus truei
Western Harvest Mouse 6
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 24
Onychomys leucogaster
White-throated Woodrat 6
Neotoma albigula
Mexican Woodrat 12
Neotoma mexicana
Western Jumping Mouse 25
Zapus princeps
Mule Deer 26
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 27
Odocoileus virginianus
Elk 28
Cervus canadensis
Pronghorn 29
Antilocapra americana
Silver-haired Bat 30
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Western Small-Footed Myotis 31
Myotis ciliolabrum
American Black Bear 32
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 33
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 34
Bassariscus astutus
Long-tailed Weasel 35
Mustela frenata
American Mink 36
Neovison vison
American Badger 37
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 38
Mephitis mephitis
Western Spotted Skunk 39
Spilogale gracilis
Bobcat 40
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 41
Puma concolor
Coyote 42
Canis latrans
Red Fox 43
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 44
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Crawford's Gray Shrew 45
Notiosorex crawfordi

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