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Wildlife of Barr Lake State Park

Covering more than 1,900 surface acres, Barr Lake is one of the largest prairie reservoirs in Colorado open to public recreation. Barr Lake provides habitat for more than 340 species of birds and its significance is recognized on both national and international levels. Nearly 700 acres of ...more ↓

Desert Cottontail 1
Sylvilagus audubonii
Eastern Cottontail 2
Sylvilagus floridanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 3
Lepus californicus
White-tailed Jackrabbit 4
Lepus townsendii
Fox Squirrel 5
Sciurus niger
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 6
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Spotted Ground Squirrel 7
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
Black-tailed Prairie Dog 8
Cynomys ludovicianus
American Beaver 9
Castor canadensis
Plains Pocket Gopher 10
Geomys bursarius
Hispid Pocket Mouse 11
Chaetodipus hispidus
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse 12
Perognathus fasciatus
Plains Pocket Mouse 13
Perognathus flavescens
Silky Pocket Mouse 14
Perognathus flavus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 15
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 16
Erethizon dorsatum
Muskrat 17
Ondatra zibethicus
Prairie Vole 18
Microtus ochrogaster
Meadow Vole 19
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Deer Mouse 20
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 21
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Plains Harvest Mouse 22
Reithrodontomys montanus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 23
Onychomys leucogaster
Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse 24
Zapus hudsonius preblei
Mule Deer 25
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 26
Odocoileus virginianus
Pronghorn 27
Antilocapra americana
Big Brown Bat 11
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 28
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Eastern Red Bat 29
Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat 30
Lasiurus cinereus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat 21
Corynorhinus townsendii
Eastern Small-footed Myotis 31
Myotis leibii
Little Brown Bat 32
Myotis lucifugus
Big Free-tailed Bat 33
Nyctinomops macrotis
Common Raccoon 34
Procyon lotor
Long-tailed Weasel 35
Mustela frenata
Black-footed Ferret 36
Mustela nigripes
American Mink 37
Neovison vison
American Badger 38
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 39
Mephitis mephitis
Eastern Spotted Skunk 40
Spilogale putorius
Bobcat 41
Lynx rufus
Coyote 42
Canis latrans
Swift Fox 7
Vulpes velox
Red Fox 43
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 44
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
North American Least Shrew 10
Cryptotis parva
Masked Shrew 45
Sorex cinereus
Merriam's Shrew 46
Sorex merriami

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