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 ↓

Mountain Cottontail ¹
Sylvilagus nuttallii

White-tailed Jackrabbit ²
Lepus townsendii

Least Chipmunk ³
Neotamias minimus

Colorado Chipmunk ⁴
Neotamias quadrivittatus

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel ⁴
Callospermophilus lateralis

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel ⁵
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Wyoming ground squirrel ⁶
Urocitellus elegans

Yellow-bellied Marmot ⁷
Marmota flaviventris

Gunnison's Prairie Dog ⁸
Cynomys gunnisoni

American Beaver ⁹
Castor canadensis

Northern Pocket Gopher ¹⁰
Thomomys talpoides

North American Porcupine ¹¹
Erethizon dorsatum

House Mouse ¹²
Mus musculus

Western Heather Vole ¹³
Phenacomys intermedius

Long-tailed Vole ¹⁴
Microtus longicaudus

Montane Vole ¹⁵
Microtus montanus

Meadow Vole ¹⁶
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Southern red-backed vole ¹⁷
Myodes gapperi

Deer Mouse ¹⁸
Peromyscus maniculatus

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat ¹⁹
Neotoma cinerea

Western Jumping Mouse ²⁰
Zapus princeps

Mule Deer ²¹
Odocoileus hemionus

Elk ²²
Cervus canadensis

Pronghorn ²³
Antilocapra americana

American Black Bear ²⁴
Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon ²⁵
Procyon lotor

Ringtail ²⁶
Bassariscus astutus

Short-tailed Weasel ²⁷
Mustela erminea

Long-tailed Weasel ²⁸
Mustela frenata

American mink ²⁹
Neovison vison

American Badger ³⁰
Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk ³¹
Mephitis mephitis

Bobcat ³²
Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion ³³
Puma concolor

Coyote ³⁴
Canis latrans

Red Fox ³⁵
Vulpes vulpes

Masked Shrew ¹⁷
Sorex cinereus

Dusky Shrew ³⁶
Sorex monticolus

Dwarf Shrew ³⁷
Sorex nanus

American Water Shrew ³⁸
Sorex palustris

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Wildlife of Spinney Mountain State Park

Mountain Cottontail 1 Sylvilagus nuttallii

White-tailed Jackrabbit 2 Lepus townsendii

Least Chipmunk 3 Neotamias minimus

Colorado Chipmunk 4 Neotamias quadrivittatus

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 4 Callospermophilus lateralis

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel 5 Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Wyoming ground squirrel 6 Urocitellus elegans

Yellow-bellied Marmot 7 Marmota flaviventris

Gunnison's Prairie Dog 8 Cynomys gunnisoni

American Beaver 9 Castor canadensis

Northern Pocket Gopher 10 Thomomys talpoides

North American Porcupine 11 Erethizon dorsatum

House Mouse 12 Mus musculus

Western Heather Vole 13 Phenacomys intermedius

Long-tailed Vole 14 Microtus longicaudus

Montane Vole 15 Microtus montanus

Meadow Vole 16 Microtus pennsylvanicus

Southern red-backed vole 17 Myodes gapperi

Deer Mouse 18 Peromyscus maniculatus

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 19 Neotoma cinerea

Western Jumping Mouse 20 Zapus princeps

Mule Deer 21 Odocoileus hemionus

Elk 22 Cervus canadensis

Pronghorn 23 Antilocapra americana

American Black Bear 24 Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon 25 Procyon lotor

Ringtail 26 Bassariscus astutus

Short-tailed Weasel 27 Mustela erminea

Long-tailed Weasel 28 Mustela frenata

American mink 29 Neovison vison

American Badger 30 Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk 31 Mephitis mephitis

Bobcat 32 Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion 33 Puma concolor

Coyote 34 Canis latrans

Red Fox 35 Vulpes vulpes

Masked Shrew 17 Sorex cinereus

Dusky Shrew 36 Sorex monticolus

Dwarf Shrew 37 Sorex nanus

American Water Shrew 38 Sorex palustris