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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

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