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Wildlife of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area attracts millions of visitors each years to enjoy the 148 mile river corridor between Leadville and Canon City. The 24 parcels of land are managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife alongside the Bureau of Land Management and span elevations of 10,000 feet to ...more ↓

Fox Squirrel 1
Sciurus niger
American Red Squirrel 2
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 3
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 4
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Rock Squirrel 5
Otospermophilus variegatus
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 4
Callospermophilus lateralis
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 6
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Wyoming Ground Squirrel 7
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow-bellied Marmot 8
Marmota flaviventris
Gunnison's Prairie Dog 9
Cynomys gunnisoni
American Beaver 10
Castor canadensis
Botta's Pocket Gopher 11
Thomomys bottae
Northern Pocket Gopher 12
Thomomys talpoides
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse 13
Perognathus fasciatus
Silky Pocket Mouse 14
Perognathus flavus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 15
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 16
Erethizon dorsatum
Western Heather Vole 17
Phenacomys intermedius
Muskrat 18
Ondatra zibethicus
Long-tailed Vole 19
Microtus longicaudus
Meadow Vole 20
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Southern Red-backed Vole 21
Myodes gapperi
Brush Mouse 14
Peromyscus boylii
White-footed Mouse 22
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 23
Peromyscus maniculatus
Northern Rock Mouse
Peromyscus nasutus
Pinyon Mouse 24
Peromyscus truei
Western Harvest Mouse 4
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 17
Onychomys leucogaster
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 25
Neotoma cinerea
Mexican Woodrat 14
Neotoma mexicana
Southern Plains Woodrat 26
Neotoma micropus
Western Jumping Mouse 27
Zapus princeps
Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse 28
Zapus hudsonius preblei

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