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Wildlife of Vega State Park

Vega State Park is located on the Grand Mesa, twelve miles east of Collbran and 43 miles east of Grand Junction in Mesa County. The 1,823-acre park lies at an elevation between 7,850 and 8,200 feet. The 898-surface-acre Vega reservoir supports rainbow, brook, brown, and cutthroat trout. ...more ↓

Common Raccoon ¹
Procyon lotor

Ringtail ²
Bassariscus astutus

North American river otter ³
Lontra canadensis

Short-tailed Weasel ⁴
Mustela erminea

Long-tailed Weasel ⁵
Mustela frenata

Black-footed Ferret ⁶
Mustela nigripes

American mink ⁷
Neovison vison

American Marten ⁸
Martes americana

Wolverine ⁹
Gulo gulo

American Badger ¹⁰
Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk ¹¹
Mephitis mephitis

Western Spotted Skunk ¹²
Spilogale gracilis

Canada Lynx ¹³
Lynx canadensis

Bobcat ¹⁴
Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion ¹⁵
Puma concolor

Coyote ¹⁶
Canis latrans

Kit Fox ¹⁷
Vulpes macrotis

Red Fox ¹⁸
Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox ¹⁹
Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Masked Shrew ²⁰
Sorex cinereus

Dusky Shrew ²¹
Sorex monticolus

American Water Shrew ²²
Sorex palustris

Brown Trout ²³
Salmo trutta

Cutthroat Trout ²⁴
Oncorhynchus clarkii

Rainbow Trout ²⁵
Oncorhynchus mykiss

Brook Trout ²⁶
Salvelinus fontinalis

Asiatic Wall Jumping Spider ²⁷
Attulus fasciger

Woodland Skipper ²⁸
Ochlodes sylvanoides

Common Checkered-Skipper ²⁹
Burnsius communis

Lucia Azure ³⁰
Celastrina lucia

Garden Tiger ³¹
Arctia caja

Western Tent Caterpillar Moth ³²
Malacosoma californica

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee ³³
Bombus bifarius

Western Honey Bee ³⁴
Apis mellifera

European Paper Wasp ³⁵
Polistes dominula

Mormon Cricket ³⁶
Anabrus simplex

Clear-winged Grasshopper ³⁷
Camnula pellucida

Carolina Grasshopper ³⁸
Dissosteira carolina

Two-striped Grasshopper ³⁹
Melanoplus bivittatus

Cherry-faced Meadowhawk ⁴⁰
Sympetrum internum

Greater Bee Fly ⁴¹
Bombylius major

Virile Crayfish ⁴²
Faxonius virilis

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Wildlife of Vega State Park

Common Raccoon 1 Procyon lotor

Ringtail 2 Bassariscus astutus

North American river otter 3 Lontra canadensis

Short-tailed Weasel 4 Mustela erminea

Long-tailed Weasel 5 Mustela frenata

Black-footed Ferret 6 Mustela nigripes

American mink 7 Neovison vison

American Marten 8 Martes americana

Wolverine 9 Gulo gulo

American Badger 10 Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk 11 Mephitis mephitis

Western Spotted Skunk 12 Spilogale gracilis

Canada Lynx 13 Lynx canadensis

Bobcat 14 Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion 15 Puma concolor

Coyote 16 Canis latrans

Kit Fox 17 Vulpes macrotis

Red Fox 18 Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox 19 Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Masked Shrew 20 Sorex cinereus

Dusky Shrew 21 Sorex monticolus

American Water Shrew 22 Sorex palustris

Brown Trout 23 Salmo trutta

Cutthroat Trout 24 Oncorhynchus clarkii

Rainbow Trout 25 Oncorhynchus mykiss

Brook Trout 26 Salvelinus fontinalis

Asiatic Wall Jumping Spider 27 Attulus fasciger

Woodland Skipper 28 Ochlodes sylvanoides

Common Checkered-Skipper 29 Burnsius communis

Lucia Azure 30 Celastrina lucia

Garden Tiger 31 Arctia caja

Western Tent Caterpillar Moth 32 Malacosoma californica

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee 33 Bombus bifarius

Western Honey Bee 34 Apis mellifera

European Paper Wasp 35 Polistes dominula

Mormon Cricket 36 Anabrus simplex

Clear-winged Grasshopper 37 Camnula pellucida

Carolina Grasshopper 38 Dissosteira carolina

Two-striped Grasshopper 39 Melanoplus bivittatus

Cherry-faced Meadowhawk 40 Sympetrum internum

Greater Bee Fly 41 Bombylius major

Virile Crayfish 42 Faxonius virilis