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Wildlife of Boulder County

Boulder County is comprised of 740 square miles of land nestled along the front range of Colorado just 30 miles northwest of Denver. Its proximity to the mountains, diverse landscapes, and various designated open spaces make the county ideal for observing local and even migrating wildlife. ...more ↓

Prairie Dogs 1
Cynomys
American Beaver 2
Castor canadensis
Meadow Jumping Mouse 3
Zapus hudsonius
Western Jumping Mouse
Zapus princeps
North American Porcupine 4
Erethizon dorsatum
Plains Pocket Gopher 5
Geomys bursarius
Northern Pocket Gopher 6
Thomomys talpoides
Hispid Pocket Mouse 7
Chaetodipus hispidus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 8
Dipodomys ordii
Plains Pocket Mouse
Perognathus flavescens
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse
Perognathus fasciatus
Silky Pocket Mouse 7
Perognathus flavus
Long-tailed Vole
Microtus longicaudus
Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Montane Vole 9
Microtus montanus
Prairie Vole
Microtus ochrogaster
Northern Rock Mouse
Peromyscus nasutus
Brush Mouse 7
Peromyscus boylii
Deer Mouse 10
Peromyscus maniculatus
Pinyon Mouse 11
Peromyscus truei
Western Harvest Mouse 12
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Plains Harvest Mouse 13
Reithrodontomys montanus
House Mouse 14
Mus musculus
Mexican Woodrat 7
Neotoma mexicana
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat
Neotoma cinerea
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 15
Onychomys leucogaster
Muskrat 16
Ondatra zibethicus
Sagebrush Vole 17
Lemmiscus curtatus
Abert's Squirrel 18
Sciurus aberti
Fox Squirrel 19
Sciurus niger
Yellow-bellied Marmot 20
Marmota flaviventris
White-tailed Prairie Dog 21
Cynomys leucurus
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 1
Cynomys ludovicianus
Uinta Chipmunk 22
Tamias umbrinus
Least Chipmunk 10
Tamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 23
Tamias quadrivittatus
American Red Squirrel 24
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

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