Animals Colorado Wildlife
Species in this list are grouped by order and then by family within each order.
Animals colorado wildlife. Boulder is unique among front range cities due to the preservation of the mosaic of ecosystems that form the foothills backdrop. Probably the most popular wildlife to see in colorado the rocky mountain elk is part of the deer family that thrives in colorado s forests. Smaller animals include marmots raccoons prairie dogs rabbits squirrels chipmunks rats mice birds insects.
The city of boulder s open space and mountain parks are some of the most diverse wildlife areas in all of colorado providing critical habitat for a variety of species. Over 140 species flutter around these high elevations. It does not include species found only in captivity.
These animals can be found in people s back yards basements apartments garages roadside zoos and other terribly unnatural places. With over a third of the land in colorado federal public land wildlife has plenty of places to roam. State of colorado based on the list published by the colorado division of wildlife.
There are over nine hundred unique species of wildlife in colorado. From mule deer and prairie dogs to cutthroat trout and black bears the centennial state has an impressive variety of animals birds and wildlife and due to our unique and varied geography there are a lot of wildly different habitats throughout the state. Eating mostly plants and grasses they are grazers and are well identified by their prominent antlers which only grow on males making the females harder to spot.
The gray wolf is listed as both state edangered and federally endangered. Currently there are more than 25 000 lions tigers bears wolves and other large carnivores living outside of our zoo system in america. These 13 colorado mammals are listed under the state s endangered species list by colorado parks wildlife officials.
The bighorn sheep is the state mammal of colorado this list of mammals of colorado lists every wild mammal species seen in the u s.