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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 ↓

Mountain Cottontail 1
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 2
Lepus californicus
White-tailed Jackrabbit 3
Lepus townsendii
American Red Squirrel 4
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 5
Neotamias minimus
Uinta Chipmunk 6
Neotamias umbrinus
Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel 7
Callospermophilus lateralis
Wyoming Ground Squirrel 8
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow-bellied Marmot 9
Marmota flaviventris
Gunnison's Prairie Dog 10
Cynomys gunnisoni
White-tailed Prairie Dog 11
Cynomys leucurus
American Beaver 12
Castor canadensis
Botta's Pocket Gopher 13
Thomomys bottae
Northern Pocket Gopher 14
Thomomys talpoides
North American Porcupine 15
Erethizon dorsatum
Muskrat 16
Ondatra zibethicus
Long-tailed Vole 17
Microtus longicaudus
Montane Vole 18
Microtus montanus
Southern Red-Backed Vole 19
Myodes gapperi
Brush Mouse 20
Peromyscus boylii
Deer Mouse 21
Peromyscus maniculatus
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 22
Neotoma cinerea
Mexican Woodrat 20
Neotoma mexicana
Western Jumping Mouse 23
Zapus princeps
Mule Deer 24
Odocoileus hemionus
Elk 25
Cervus canadensis
Big Brown Bat 20
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 26
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Hoary Bat 27
Lasiurus cinereus
Spotted Bat 28
Euderma maculatum
Townsend's Big-Eared Bat 29
Corynorhinus townsendii
Western Small-footed Myotis 30
Myotis ciliolabrum
Miller's Myotis 31
Myotis evotis
Little Brown Bat 32
Myotis lucifugus
Fringed Myotis 33
Myotis thysanodes
Long-legged Myotis 34
Myotis volans
American Black Bear 35
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 36
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 37
Bassariscus astutus
Short-tailed Weasel 38
Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel 39
Mustela frenata
American mink 40
Neovison vison
American Marten 41
Martes americana
American Badger 42
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 43
Mephitis mephitis
Western Spotted Skunk 44
Spilogale gracilis
Canada Lynx 45
Lynx canadensis
Bobcat 46
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 47
Puma concolor
Coyote 48
Canis latrans
Kit Fox 49
Vulpes macrotis
Red Fox 50
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 51
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Masked Shrew 52
Sorex cinereus
Merriam's Shrew 53
Sorex merriami
Dusky Shrew 54
Sorex monticolus
American Water Shrew 55
Sorex palustris

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