Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Wildlife

This guide contains mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and mollusks that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

Taxonomy
« Back To Primates, Rodents, and Allies Superorder Euarchontoglires
- Lagomorphs Order Lagomorpha
  - 7 Hares and Rabbits Family Leporidae
  - 1 Pikas Family Ochotonidae

Desert Cottontail ¹
Sylvilagus audubonii

Eastern Cottontail ²
Sylvilagus floridanus

Mountain Cottontail ³
Sylvilagus nuttallii

Snowshoe Hare ⁴
Lepus americanus

Black-tailed Jackrabbit ⁵
Lepus californicus

White-tailed Jackrabbit ⁶
Lepus townsendii

European Rabbit ⁷
Oryctolagus cuniculus

American Pika ⁸
Ochotona princeps

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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Wildlife

Desert Cottontail 1 Sylvilagus audubonii

Eastern Cottontail 2 Sylvilagus floridanus

Mountain Cottontail 3 Sylvilagus nuttallii

Snowshoe Hare 4 Lepus americanus

Black-tailed Jackrabbit 5 Lepus californicus

White-tailed Jackrabbit 6 Lepus townsendii

European Rabbit 7 Oryctolagus cuniculus

American Pika 8 Ochotona princeps