Wildlife of Spinney Mountain State Park

Spinney Mountain State Park is located about 55 miles west of Colorado Springs, CO. It includes the 2,450-acre Spinney Mountain Reservoir and 3,470 acres of surrounding land. The park also includes about 4 miles of the South Fork of the South Platte River upstream and downstream of the ...more ↓

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 1
Neotoma cinerea
Western Jumping Mouse 2
Zapus princeps
Mule Deer 3
Odocoileus hemionus
Elk 4
Cervus canadensis
Pronghorn 5
Antilocapra americana
American Black Bear 6
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 7
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 8
Bassariscus astutus
Short-tailed Weasel 9
Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel 10
Mustela frenata
American mink 11
Neovison vison
American Badger 12
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 13
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 14
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 15
Puma concolor
Coyote 16
Canis latrans
Red Fox 17
Vulpes vulpes
Masked Shrew 18
Sorex cinereus
Dusky Shrew 19
Sorex monticolus
Dwarf Shrew 20
Sorex nanus
American Water Shrew 21
Sorex palustris
Brown Trout 22
Salmo trutta
Cutthroat Trout 5
Oncorhynchus clarkii
Rainbow Trout 23
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Sockeye Salmon 24
Oncorhynchus nerka
White Sucker 25
Catostomus commersonii
Northern Pike 26
Esox lucius
Common Water Strider 27
Aquarius remigis
Virile Crayfish 28
Faxonius virilis

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