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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.

Abert's Squirrel 1
Sciurus aberti
Fox Squirrel 2
Sciurus niger
Southwestern Red Squirrel 3
Tamiasciurus fremonti
American Red Squirrel 4
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 5
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 6
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Uinta Chipmunk 7
Neotamias umbrinus
Rock Squirrel 8
Otospermophilus variegatus
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 6
Callospermophilus lateralis
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 1
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Spotted Ground Squirrel 9
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
Wyoming Ground Squirrel 10
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow-bellied Marmot 11
Marmota flaviventris
Gunnison's Prairie Dog 12
Cynomys gunnisoni
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 13
Cynomys ludovicianus

Edited by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) Jerry Oldenettel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 2. (c) TexasEagle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 3. (c) Adrienne McLeod, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Adrienne McLeod
  • 4. (c) DaPuglet, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 5. (c) Kevin Metcalf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kevin Metcalf
  • 6. (c) J. N. Stuart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 7. (c) msr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by msr
  • 8. (c) Anders Illum, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 9. (c) Terry Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 10. (c) Soheil Zendeh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 11. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 12. (c) Andrew Hollander, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 13. (c) Arthur Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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