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Wildlife of State Forest State Park

State Forest State Park lies on 71,000 acres of land 80 miles west of Fort Collins and comprises the southernmost point of the Medicine Bow Mountain Range. This park makes up the largest parcel in Colorado's state parks system. It is also surrounded by the Routt National Forest, Roosevelt ...more ↓

Fox Squirrel ¹
Sciurus niger

Southwestern Red Squirrel ²
Tamiasciurus fremonti

American Red Squirrel ³
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Least Chipmunk ⁴
Neotamias minimus

Colorado Chipmunk ⁵
Neotamias quadrivittatus

Uinta Chipmunk ⁶
Neotamias umbrinus

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel ⁷
Callospermophilus lateralis

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel ⁸
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Wyoming Ground Squirrel ⁹
Urocitellus elegans

Yellow-bellied Marmot ¹⁰
Marmota flaviventris

White-tailed Prairie Dog ¹¹
Cynomys leucurus

American Beaver ¹²
Castor canadensis

Northern Pocket Gopher ¹³
Thomomys talpoides

North American Porcupine ¹⁴
Erethizon dorsatum

Muskrat ¹⁵
Ondatra zibethicus

Long-tailed Vole ¹⁶
Microtus longicaudus

Montane Vole ¹⁷
Microtus montanus

Southern Red-backed Vole ¹⁸
Myodes gapperi

Deer Mouse ⁴
Peromyscus maniculatus

Northern Grasshopper Mouse ¹⁹
Onychomys leucogaster

Bushy-tailed Woodrat ²⁰
Neotoma cinerea

Western Jumping Mouse ²¹
Zapus princeps

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Wildlife of State Forest State Park

Fox Squirrel 1 Sciurus niger

Southwestern Red Squirrel 2 Tamiasciurus fremonti

American Red Squirrel 3 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Least Chipmunk 4 Neotamias minimus

Colorado Chipmunk 5 Neotamias quadrivittatus

Uinta Chipmunk 6 Neotamias umbrinus

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 7 Callospermophilus lateralis

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 8 Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Wyoming Ground Squirrel 9 Urocitellus elegans

Yellow-bellied Marmot 10 Marmota flaviventris

White-tailed Prairie Dog 11 Cynomys leucurus

American Beaver 12 Castor canadensis

Northern Pocket Gopher 13 Thomomys talpoides

North American Porcupine 14 Erethizon dorsatum

Muskrat 15 Ondatra zibethicus

Long-tailed Vole 16 Microtus longicaudus

Montane Vole 17 Microtus montanus

Southern Red-backed Vole 18 Myodes gapperi

Deer Mouse 4 Peromyscus maniculatus

Northern Grasshopper Mouse 19 Onychomys leucogaster

Bushy-tailed Woodrat 20 Neotoma cinerea

Western Jumping Mouse 21 Zapus princeps