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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.

American Beaver 1
Castor canadensis
Plains Pocket Gopher 2
Geomys bursarius
Northern Pocket Gopher 3
Thomomys talpoides
Hispid Pocket Mouse 4
Chaetodipus hispidus
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse 5
Perognathus fasciatus
Plains Pocket Mouse 6
Perognathus flavescens
Silky Pocket Mouse 4
Perognathus flavus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 7
Dipodomys ordii

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

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  • 1. (c) Minette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 2. (c) Sam Kieschnick, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sam Kieschnick
  • 3. (c) Alison Young, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alison Young
  • 4. (c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Juan Cruzado Cortés
  • 5. US Fish & Wildlife Service, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
  • 6. (c) Todd Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Todd Fitzgerald
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