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 ↓

Taxonomy
« Back To Rodents Order Rodentia
- Mice, Rats, and Hamsters Suborder Myomorpha
  - 2 Jerboas, Jumping Mice, and Birch Mice Superfamily Dipodoidea
  - 15 Muroids Superfamily Muroidea

Western Heather Vole ¹
Phenacomys intermedius

Muskrat ²
Ondatra zibethicus

Long-tailed Vole ³
Microtus longicaudus

Meadow Vole ⁴
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Southern Red-backed Vole ⁵
Myodes gapperi

Brush Mouse ⁶
Peromyscus boylii

White-footed Mouse ⁷
Peromyscus leucopus

Deer Mouse ⁸
Peromyscus maniculatus

Northern Rock Mouse
Peromyscus nasutus

Pinyon Mouse ⁹
Peromyscus truei

Western Harvest Mouse ¹⁰
Reithrodontomys megalotis

Northern Grasshopper Mouse ¹
Onychomys leucogaster

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat ¹¹
Neotoma cinerea

Mexican Woodrat ⁶
Neotoma mexicana

Southern Plains Woodrat ¹²
Neotoma micropus

Western Jumping Mouse ¹³
Zapus princeps

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse ¹⁴
Zapus hudsonius preblei

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Wildlife of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Western Heather Vole 1 Phenacomys intermedius

Muskrat 2 Ondatra zibethicus

Long-tailed Vole 3 Microtus longicaudus

Meadow Vole 4 Microtus pennsylvanicus

Southern Red-backed Vole 5 Myodes gapperi

Brush Mouse 6 Peromyscus boylii

White-footed Mouse 7 Peromyscus leucopus

Deer Mouse 8 Peromyscus maniculatus

Northern Rock Mouse Peromyscus nasutus

Pinyon Mouse 9 Peromyscus truei

Western Harvest Mouse 10 Reithrodontomys megalotis

Northern Grasshopper Mouse 1 Onychomys leucogaster

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 11 Neotoma cinerea

Mexican Woodrat 6 Neotoma mexicana

Southern Plains Woodrat 12 Neotoma micropus

Western Jumping Mouse 13 Zapus princeps

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse 14 Zapus hudsonius preblei