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 Mice, Rats, and Hamsters Suborder Myomorpha
- Muroids Superfamily Muroidea
  - 16 Hamsters, Voles, Lemmings, and Allies Family Cricetidae
  - 2 Old World Mice and Rats Family Muridae

Brown Rat ¹
Rattus norvegicus

House Mouse ²
Mus musculus

Western Heather Vole ³
Phenacomys intermedius

Muskrat ⁴
Ondatra zibethicus

Long-tailed Vole ⁵
Microtus longicaudus

Montane Vole ⁶
Microtus montanus

Prairie Vole ⁷
Microtus ochrogaster

Meadow Vole ⁸
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Southern Red-backed Vole ⁹
Myodes gapperi

Brush Mouse ¹⁰
Peromyscus boylii

Deer Mouse ¹¹
Peromyscus maniculatus

Western Harvest Mouse ¹²
Reithrodontomys megalotis

Plains Harvest Mouse ¹³
Reithrodontomys montanus

Northern Grasshopper Mouse ¹⁴
Onychomys leucogaster

White-throated Woodrat ¹²
Neotoma albigula

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat ¹⁵
Neotoma cinerea

Mexican Woodrat ¹⁰
Neotoma mexicana

Hispid Cotton Rat ¹⁶
Sigmodon hispidus

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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Wildlife

Brown Rat 1 Rattus norvegicus

House Mouse 2 Mus musculus

Western Heather Vole 3 Phenacomys intermedius

Muskrat 4 Ondatra zibethicus

Long-tailed Vole 5 Microtus longicaudus

Montane Vole 6 Microtus montanus

Prairie Vole 7 Microtus ochrogaster

Meadow Vole 8 Microtus pennsylvanicus

Southern Red-backed Vole 9 Myodes gapperi

Brush Mouse 10 Peromyscus boylii

Deer Mouse 11 Peromyscus maniculatus

Western Harvest Mouse 12 Reithrodontomys megalotis

Plains Harvest Mouse 13 Reithrodontomys montanus

Northern Grasshopper Mouse 14 Onychomys leucogaster

White-throated Woodrat 12 Neotoma albigula

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 15 Neotoma cinerea

Mexican Woodrat 10 Neotoma mexicana

Hispid Cotton Rat 16 Sigmodon hispidus