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 ↓

Taxonomy
« Back To Placental Mammals Infraclass Placentalia
- Primates, Rodents, and Allies Superorder Euarchontoglires
  - 3 Lagomorphs Order Lagomorpha
  - 18 Rodents Order Rodentia

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

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Wildlife of Lake Pueblo State Park

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