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Wildlife of Mancos State Park

Mancos State Park encompasses 553 acres, with 337 acres of land and 216 acres of water within Jackson Gulch Reservoir. Elevation ranges from about 7,800 to 8,100 feet. The Park is located in Montezuma County in southwestern Colorado, about 5 miles north of Mancos and 34 miles west of Durango. ...more ↓

Desert Cottontail 1
Sylvilagus audubonii
Mountain Cottontail 2
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Snowshoe Hare 3
Lepus americanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 4
Lepus californicus
White-tailed Jackrabbit 5
Lepus townsendii
American Pika 6
Ochotona princeps
Abert's Squirrel 7
Sciurus aberti
American Red Squirrel 8
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 9
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 10
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Hopi Chipmunk 11
Neotamias rufus
Rock squirrel 12
Otospermophilus variegatus
Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel 10
Callospermophilus lateralis
Spotted ground squirrel 13
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
Yellow-bellied Marmot 14
Marmota flaviventris
Gunnison's Prairie Dog 15
Cynomys gunnisoni
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel 16
Ammospermophilus leucurus
American Beaver 17
Castor canadensis
Botta's Pocket Gopher 18
Thomomys bottae
Northern Pocket Gopher 19
Thomomys talpoides
Plains Pocket Mouse 20
Perognathus flavescens
Silky Pocket Mouse 21
Perognathus flavus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 22
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 23
Erethizon dorsatum
House Mouse 24
Mus musculus
Muskrat 25
Ondatra zibethicus
Long-tailed Vole 26
Microtus longicaudus
Mexican Vole 27
Microtus mexicanus
Montane Vole 28
Microtus montanus
Brush Mouse 21
Peromyscus boylii
Canyon Mouse 29
Peromyscus crinitus
Deer Mouse 30
Peromyscus maniculatus
Northern Rock Mouse 31
Peromyscus nasutus
Pinyon Mouse 32
Peromyscus truei
Western Harvest Mouse 10
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 33
Onychomys leucogaster
White-throated Woodrat 10
Neotoma albigula
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 34
Neotoma cinerea
Mexican Woodrat 21
Neotoma mexicana
Western Jumping Mouse 35
Zapus princeps
Moose 36
Alces alces
Mule Deer 37
Odocoileus hemionus
Elk 38
Cervus canadensis
Bighorn Sheep 39
Ovis canadensis
Pronghorn 40
Antilocapra americana
Silver-haired Bat 41
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Spotted Bat 42
Euderma maculatum
Canyon Bat 43
Parastrellus hesperus
Western Small-footed Myotis 44
Myotis ciliolabrum
Big Free-tailed Bat 45
Nyctinomops macrotis
American Black Bear 46
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 47
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 48
Bassariscus astutus
North American River Otter 49
Lontra canadensis
Short-tailed Weasel 50
Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel 51
Mustela frenata
Black-footed Ferret 52
Mustela nigripes
American Mink 53
Neovison vison
American Marten 54
Martes americana
American Badger 11
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 55
Mephitis mephitis
Western Spotted Skunk 56
Spilogale gracilis
Canada Lynx 57
Lynx canadensis
Bobcat 58
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 59
Puma concolor
Coyote 60
Canis latrans
Kit Fox 61
Vulpes macrotis
Red Fox 62
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 63
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Crawford's Gray Shrew 64
Notiosorex crawfordi
Masked Shrew 65
Sorex cinereus
Merriam's Shrew 29
Sorex merriami
Dusky Shrew 66
Sorex monticolus
Dwarf Shrew 31
Sorex nanus

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