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Wildlife of Lone Mesa State Park

Lone Mesa State Park encompasses approximately 11,700 acres in Delores County, Colorado. The elevations of the park range from about 7,600 feet at lower Plateau Creek to 9,200 feet on Lone Mesa itself. Lone Mesa, a large mesa that towers almost 1000 feet above the surrounding areas, is a well ...more ↓

Black-billed Magpie 1
Pica hudsonia
Gray Jay 2
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 3
Nucifraga columbiana
Red Crossbill 4
Loxia curvirostra
Pine Siskin 5
Spinus pinus
Lesser Goldfinch 6
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 7
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 6
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 8
Haemorhous mexicanus
Evening Grosbeak 9
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Ash-throated Flycatcher 10
Myiarchus cinerascens
Western Wood-Pewee 11
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher 12
Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher 13
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 13
Empidonax occidentalis
Willow Flycatcher 14
Empidonax traillii
Gray Flycatcher 13
Empidonax wrightii
Western Kingbird 15
Tyrannus verticalis
Say's Phoebe 14
Sayornis saya
Mountain Cottontail 16
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 17
Lepus californicus
White-tailed Jackrabbit 6
Lepus townsendii
American Red Squirrel 18
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 19
Neotamias minimus
Uinta Chipmunk 20
Neotamias umbrinus
Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel 21
Callospermophilus lateralis
Wyoming Ground Squirrel 22
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow-bellied Marmot 23
Marmota flaviventris
Gunnison's Prairie Dog 24
Cynomys gunnisoni
White-tailed Prairie Dog 25
Cynomys leucurus
American Beaver 26
Castor canadensis
Botta's Pocket Gopher 27
Thomomys bottae
Northern Pocket Gopher 28
Thomomys talpoides
North American Porcupine 29
Erethizon dorsatum
Muskrat 30
Ondatra zibethicus
Long-tailed Vole 31
Microtus longicaudus
Montane Vole 32
Microtus montanus
Southern Red-Backed Vole 33
Myodes gapperi
Brush Mouse 34
Peromyscus boylii
Deer Mouse 35
Peromyscus maniculatus
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 36
Neotoma cinerea
Mexican Woodrat 34
Neotoma mexicana
Western Jumping Mouse 37
Zapus princeps
Mule Deer 38
Odocoileus hemionus
Elk 39
Cervus canadensis
Big Brown Bat 34
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 40
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Hoary Bat 41
Lasiurus cinereus
Spotted Bat 42
Euderma maculatum
Townsend's Big-Eared Bat 43
Corynorhinus townsendii
Western Small-footed Myotis 44
Myotis ciliolabrum
Miller's Myotis 45
Myotis evotis
Little Brown Bat 46
Myotis lucifugus
Fringed Myotis 47
Myotis thysanodes
Long-legged Myotis 48
Myotis volans
American Black Bear 49
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 50
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 51
Bassariscus astutus
Short-tailed Weasel 52
Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel 53
Mustela frenata
American mink 54
Neovison vison
American Marten 55
Martes americana
American Badger 3
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 56
Mephitis mephitis
Western Spotted Skunk 57
Spilogale gracilis
Canada Lynx 58
Lynx canadensis
Bobcat 59
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 60
Puma concolor
Coyote 61
Canis latrans
Kit Fox 62
Vulpes macrotis
Red Fox 63
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 64
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Masked Shrew 65
Sorex cinereus
Merriam's Shrew 66
Sorex merriami
Dusky Shrew 67
Sorex monticolus
American Water Shrew 68
Sorex palustris
Brown Trout 69
Salmo trutta
Cutthroat Trout 70
Oncorhynchus clarkii
Coastal Cutthroat Trout 71
Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii
Rainbow Trout 72
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Brook Trout 73
Salvelinus fontinalis
Fathead Minnow 74
Pimephales promelas
Speckled Dace 75
Rhinichthys osculus
Redside Shiner 76
Richardsonius balteatus
Roundtail Chub 77
Gila robusta
Longnose Sucker 78
Catostomus catostomus
White Sucker 79
Catostomus commersonii
Flannelmouth Sucker 80
Catostomus latipinnis

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