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"...we have taken forward steps in learning that wild beasts and birds are by right not the property merely of the people alive to-day, but the property of the unborn generations, whose belongings we have no right to squander"

Theodore Roosevelt

bison

Order Common Name Scientific Name
ARTIODACTYLA Wapiti (Elk) Cervus elaphus
(cloven-hoofed) Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
Pronghorn (Antelope) Antilocapra americana
American Bison (Buffalo, Tatanka) - reintroduced Bison bison
Mountain Sheep (Bighorn Sheep) reintroduced to replace Audubon bighorn, O. c. auduboni which is now extinct. Ovis canadensis californiana
Longhorn - introduced - historic demonstration Bos taurus



PERISSODACTYLA (singletoed-hoofed) Feral Horse (Wild Horse) introduced - historic demonstration Equus caballus



CARNIVORA Coyote Canis latrans
(flesh eaters) Swift Fox - very rare Vulpes velox
Red Fox - uncommon Vulpes vulpes
Raccoon - uncommon Procyon lotor
Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata
Black-footed Ferret - extirpated Mustela nigripes
Least Weasel - very rare Mustela rixosa
Mink Mustela vison
Badger Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
River Otter - extirpated Lutra canadensis
Mountain Lion - very rare Felis concolor
Lynx - very rare Felis canadensis
Bobcat - uncommon Felis rufus



RODENTIA Least Chipmunk Tamias minimus
(gnawing) Richardson's Ground Squirrel - very rare Spermophilus richardsonii
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
Black-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus
Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger
Northern Pocket Gopher Thomomys talpoides
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse Perognathus fasciatus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ordii
Beaver Caster canadensis
Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis
White-footed Mouse - uncommon Peromyscus leucopus
Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse Onychomys leucogaster
Bushy-tailed Woodrat Neotoma cinerea
Prairie Vole Microtus ochrogaster
Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus
Sagebrush Vole - uncommon Lagurus curtatus
Muskrat - rare Ondatra zibethicus
Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius
Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
House Mouse Mus musculus



LAGOMORPHA Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii
(rabbits, hares, pikas) Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
Nuttall's Cottontail - very rare Sylvilagus nuttallii
Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus
Prairie Hare (White-tailed Jackrabbit) Lepus townsendii



CHIROPTERA Long-eared Myotis - very rare Myotis evotis
(bats) Keen's Myotis - very rare Myotis keenii
Small-footed Myotis - uncommon Myotis leibii
Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus
Red Bat Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus



INSECTIVORA Masked Shrew - uncommon Sorex cinereus
(shrews, moles) Merriam's Shrew Sorex merriami


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