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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 ↓

Mountain Cottontail 1
Sylvilagus nuttallii
White-tailed Jackrabbit 2
Lepus townsendii
Fox Squirrel 3
Sciurus niger
American Red Squirrel 4
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 5
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 6
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Rock Squirrel 7
Otospermophilus variegatus
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 6
Callospermophilus lateralis
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 8
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Wyoming Ground Squirrel 9
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow-bellied Marmot 10
Marmota flaviventris
Gunnison's Prairie Dog 11
Cynomys gunnisoni
American Beaver 12
Castor canadensis
Botta's Pocket Gopher 13
Thomomys bottae
Northern Pocket Gopher 14
Thomomys talpoides
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse 15
Perognathus fasciatus
Silky Pocket Mouse 16
Perognathus flavus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 17
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 18
Erethizon dorsatum
Western Heather Vole 19
Phenacomys intermedius
Muskrat 20
Ondatra zibethicus
Long-tailed Vole 21
Microtus longicaudus
Meadow Vole 22
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Southern Red-backed Vole 23
Myodes gapperi
Brush Mouse 16
Peromyscus boylii
White-footed Mouse 24
Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse 25
Peromyscus maniculatus
Northern Rock Mouse
Peromyscus nasutus
Pinyon Mouse 26
Peromyscus truei
Western Harvest Mouse 6
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 19
Onychomys leucogaster
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 27
Neotoma cinerea
Mexican Woodrat 16
Neotoma mexicana
Southern Plains Woodrat 28
Neotoma micropus
Western Jumping Mouse 29
Zapus princeps
Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse 30
Zapus hudsonius preblei
Moose 3
Alces alces
Mule Deer 31
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 32
Odocoileus virginianus
Elk 33
Cervus canadensis
Bighorn Sheep 29
Ovis canadensis
Pronghorn 34
Antilocapra americana
Big Brown Bat 16
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 35
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Hoary Bat 36
Lasiurus cinereus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat 6
Corynorhinus townsendii
Western Small-footed Myotis 37
Myotis ciliolabrum
Little Brown Bat 38
Myotis lucifugus
Fringed Myotis 39
Myotis thysanodes
Long-legged Myotis 40
Myotis volans
Mexican Free-tailed Bat 41
Tadarida brasiliensis
Big Free-tailed Bat 42
Nyctinomops macrotis
American Black Bear 43
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 44
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 45
Bassariscus astutus
North American River Otter 46
Lontra canadensis
Short-tailed Weasel 47
Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel 48
Mustela frenata
Black-footed Ferret 49
Mustela nigripes
American Mink 50
Neovison vison
American Marten 51
Martes americana
Wolverine 52
Gulo gulo
American Badger 53
Taxidea taxus
Common Hog-nosed Skunk 54
Conepatus leuconotus
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
Swift Fox 2
Vulpes velox
Red Fox 61
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 62
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Masked Shrew 23
Sorex cinereus
Merriam's Shrew 19
Sorex merriami
Dusky Shrew 19
Sorex monticolus
Dwarf Shrew
Sorex nanus
American Water Shrew 63
Sorex palustris

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