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13264 thumb Wildlife of El Paso County and Pikes Peak, Colorado

This guide contains wildlife that can be found in El Paso County and the Pikes Peak Area of Colorado.

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Great Plains Toad 1
Anaxyrus cognatus
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Red-spotted Toad 2
Anaxyrus punctatus
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Woodhouse's Toad 3
Anaxyrus woodhousii
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Boreal Chorus Frog 4
Pseudacris maculata
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Plains Leopard Frog 5
Lithobates blairi
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American Bullfrog 6
Lithobates catesbeianus
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Northern Leopard Frog 7
Lithobates pipiens
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Plains Spadefoot 8
Spea bombifrons
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Mexican Spadefoot 9
Spea multiplicata
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Western Tiger Salamander 1
Ambystoma mavortium
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Prairie Lizard 10
Sceloporus consobrinus
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Eastern Fence Lizard 11
Sceloporus undulatus
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Greater Short-horned Lizard 12
Phrynosoma hernandesi
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Western Earless Lizard 13
Holbrookia maculata
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Many-lined Skink 14
Plestiodon multivirgatus
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Triploid Checkered Whiptail 15
Aspidoscelis neotesselatus
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Six-lined Racerunner 16
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
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Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 9
Thamnophis elegans
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Plains Garter Snake 17
Thamnophis radix
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Plains Hognose Snake 18
Heterodon nasicus
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Coachwhip 14
Masticophis flagellum
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North American Racer 19
Coluber constrictor
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Glossy Snake 20
Arizona elegans
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Gopher Snake 21
Pituophis catenifer
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Bullsnake 22
Pituophis catenifer sayi
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Smooth Greensnake 23
Opheodrys vernalis
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Western Milksnake 8
Lampropeltis gentilis
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Prairie Rattlesnake 24
Crotalus viridis
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Western Massasauga 25
Sistrurus tergeminus
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Spiny Softshell Turtle 26
Apalone spinifera
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Snapping Turtle 27
Chelydra serpentina
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Ornate Box Turtle 28
Terrapene ornata
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Painted Turtle 9
Chrysemys picta
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Common Slider 29
Trachemys scripta
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False Map Turtle 30
Graptemys pseudogeographica
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Virginia Opossum 31
Didelphis virginiana
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Desert Cottontail 32
Sylvilagus audubonii
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Eastern Cottontail 33
Sylvilagus floridanus
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Mountain Cottontail 34
Sylvilagus nuttallii
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Black-tailed Jackrabbit 35
Lepus californicus
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American Pika 36
Ochotona princeps
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Abert's Squirrel 37
Sciurus aberti
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Fox Squirrel 38
Sciurus niger
Small
American Red Squirrel 39
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Small
Rock Squirrel 40
Otospermophilus variegatus
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Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 41
Callospermophilus lateralis
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Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 42
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
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Spotted Ground Squirrel 43
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
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Wyoming Ground Squirrel 34
Urocitellus elegans
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Least Chipmunk 44
Neotamias minimus
2555901761 2c4aba024d m
Colorado Chipmunk 9
Neotamias quadrivittatus
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Uinta Chipmunk 45
Neotamias umbrinus
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Yellow-bellied Marmot 46
Marmota flaviventris
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Black-tailed Prairie Dog 47
Cynomys ludovicianus
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American Beaver 48
Castor canadensis
Small
Plains Pocket Gopher 30
Geomys bursarius
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Hispid Pocket Mouse 3
Chaetodipus hispidus
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Plains Pocket Mouse 49
Perognathus flavescens
Small
Silky Pocket Mouse 50
Perognathus flavus
Small
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 51
Dipodomys ordii
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North American Porcupine 52
Erethizon dorsatum
Small
House Mouse 53
Mus musculus
Small
Meadow Vole 54
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Small
Muskrat 55
Ondatra zibethicus
Small
White-footed Mouse 56
Peromyscus leucopus
Small
Deer Mouse 57
Peromyscus maniculatus
Small
Western Harvest Mouse 58
Reithrodontomys megalotis
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Plains Harvest Mouse 59
Reithrodontomys montanus
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Northern Grasshopper Mouse 60
Onychomys leucogaster
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Mexican Woodrat 61
Neotoma mexicana
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Moose 38
Alces alces
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Mule Deer 62
Odocoileus hemionus
Small
White-tailed Deer 63
Odocoileus virginianus
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Elk 64
Cervus canadensis
Small
American Bison 65
Bison bison
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Bighorn Sheep 66
Ovis canadensis
Small
Mountain Goat 67
Oreamnos americanus
Small
Pronghorn 68
Antilocapra americana
Small
Eastern Red Bat 69
Lasiurus borealis
Small
Hoary Bat 24
Lasiurus cinereus
Small
Big Brown Bat 61
Eptesicus fuscus
Small
Silver-haired Bat 70
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Small
Townsend's Big-eared Bat 71
Corynorhinus townsendii
Small
Fringed Myotis 72
Myotis thysanodes
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Mexican Free-tailed Bat 73
Tadarida brasiliensis
Small
American Black Bear 74
Ursus americanus
Small
Common Raccoon 75
Procyon lotor
Small
Ringtail 76
Bassariscus astutus
Small
Long-tailed Weasel 77
Mustela frenata
Small
American Badger 42
Taxidea taxus
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Striped Skunk 78
Mephitis mephitis
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Western Spotted Skunk 79
Spilogale gracilis
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Bobcat 80
Lynx rufus
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Mountain Lion 81
Puma concolor
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Coyote 82
Canis latrans
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Swift Fox 83
Vulpes velox
Small
Red Fox 84
Vulpes vulpes
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Gray Fox 85
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
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North American Least Shrew 86
Cryptotis parva
Small
Northern Short-tailed Shrew 87
Blarina brevicauda

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