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Wildlife of Lake Pueblo State Park

Positioned approximately six miles west of the City of Pueblo, and within two hour’s drive of Denver and Colorado Springs, Lake Pueblo State Park attracts around 1.8 million visitors each year. It is located at the interface of the southern Rocky Mountains to the west and Great Plains to the ...more ↓

Desert Cottontail 1
Sylvilagus audubonii
Mountain cottontail 2
Sylvilagus nuttallii pinetis
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 3
Lepus californicus
Least Chipmunk 4
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 5
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Rock Squirrel 6
Otospermophilus variegatus
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 5
Callospermophilus lateralis
Spotted Ground Squirrel 7
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 8
Cynomys ludovicianus
American Beaver 9
Castor canadensis
Silky Pocket Mouse 10
Perognathus flavus bunkeri
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 11
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 12
Erethizon dorsatum
Muskrat 13
Ondatra zibethicus
Meadow vole 14
Microtus pennsylvanicus modestus
Brush Mouse 15
Peromyscus boylii
Deer Mouse 16
Peromyscus maniculatus
Pinyon Mouse 17
Peromyscus truei
Western Harvest Mouse 5
Reithrodontomys megalotis
White-throated Woodrat 5
Neotoma albigula
Mexican Woodrat 15
Neotoma mexicana
Mule Deer 18
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 19
Odocoileus virginianus
Elk 20
Cervus canadensis
Hoary Bat 21
Lasiurus cinereus
Western Small-footed Myotis 22
Myotis ciliolabrum
Little Brown Bat 23
Myotis lucifugus
American Black Bear 24
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 25
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 26
Bassariscus astutus
Long-tailed Weasel 27
Mustela frenata
American Badger 28
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 29
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 30
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 31
Puma concolor
Coyote 32
Canis latrans
Red Fox 33
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 34
Urocyon cinereoargenteus

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