Wildlife - Insects, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Mammals

Scolytidae - family

Coleoptera - Order

Mountain Pine Beetle

Dendroctonus Ponderoasae

Lay larvae in trees, eventually gurdles tree and kills it

Cerambycidae - family

Coleoptera - Order

Longhorn Beetle (Round-headed Borer)

Larvae borrows into trees, important in decomposition process

Buprestidae - family

Coleoptera - Order

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle (Flat headed Borer)

Larvae leaves flat, oval shaped holes in trees

Ephemeroptera Family

Mayflies

larvae lives in substrate near water source, have three cerci (tails) and gills on abdomen

adults have wings that stand parallel to the body, translucent wings with little venation

Plecoptera Family

Stoneflies

Larvae have two cerci, no abdominal gills, adults have wings that are flat against their back with strong venation

Trichoptera Family

Caddisflies

Wings less translucent, hover in tent like position over back of adult. larvae makes cases out of rocks to protect themselves in

Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias

Greenback cutthroat trout

salmon family, native to CO, red around gills and sides of abdomen, green coloration with dark spots.

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Rainbow trout

pinkish band across lateral line, spawns in spring

Salmo trutta

Brown trout

spots are red or black, brown body, spawns in fall

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brook char

dark body, white on margins of lower fins, small white/light spots, sometimes with blue circles around them

high mountain streams

Anaxyrus boreas

Boreal toad

9,000 ft and up,

Ambystoma tigrinum

Tiger salmander

tiger strips on body

Pseudacris maculata

Boreal chorus frog

brown stripe across eye

Thamnophis elegans

Western terristrial garter snake

three bushy yellow strips across entirety of body

Pituophis catenifer

Bull snake

colorful checkered like pattern, small head compared to body

Crotalus viridis

Western rattlesnake

pit viper, green colored tinge

Lepus americanus

Snowshoe hare

Order Lagomorpha

changes pelts in winter/summer larger feet high elevations feet stay white when pelt changed to brown in winter

Sylvilagus nuttallii

Nuttall's cottontail

Order Lagomorpha

small cottontail, lower elevations than snowshoe

open meadows

Ochotona princeps

America pika

Order Lagomorpha

alpine, no hibernation,

Marmota flaviventris

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Order Rodentia

mostly in alpine

Spermophilus elegans

Wyoming Ground Squirrel

Order Rodentia

one color, small colonies

Callospermophilus lateralis

Golden mantel ground squirrel

Order Rodentia

golden color, black/white strips that don't go up to face

Tamias minimus

Least chipmunk

Order Rodentia

strips go up to face and over eye, much smaller than golden mantled

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Red squirrel/Pine squirrel

Order Rodentia

tree squirrel

redish color, mutual relationship with lodgepole pine, fungi, and red backed vole

Sciurus aberti

Abert's squirrel

Order Rodentia

black in color, big ear tuffs, game species

Castor canadensis

American beaver

Oder Rodentia

Peromyscus maniculatus

Deer mouse

Order Rodentia

most common mouse,

Thomomys talpoides

Northern pocket gopher

Order Rodentia

furred inner cheek pockets

fossorial - with adaptations

Myodes gapperi

Southern red backed vole

Order Rodentia

Neotoma cinerea

Bushy tailed woodrat

Order Rodentia

bulldogs nose, long tail, large ears,

Erethizon dorsatum

Porcupine

Order Rodentia

modified hair follicles

eat cambium and climb trees

Sorex spp.

Shrews

Order Insectivora

Canis latrans

Coyote

Order Carnivora

adapted to all of US, live in packs, 30- 40 lbs

Vulpes vulpes

Red fox

Order Carnivora

Ursus americanus

Black bear

Order Carnivora

Procyon lotor

Raccoon

Order Carnivora

Martes americana

American marten

Order Carnivora

brown mustelid

Mustela frenata

Long-tailed weasel

Order Carnivora

changes pelt in winter/summer

thiner and longer than marten

Taxidea taxus

American badger

Order Carnivora

black face stripes

Spilogale gracilis

Western spotted skunk

Order Carnivora

smaller than striped, spots instead fo strips, goofy tail

Mephitis Mephitis

Striped skunk

Order Carnivora

Puma concolor

Mountain lion (cougar/puma)

Order Carnivora

one color (tan)

long tail

Lynx rufus

Bobcat

Order Carnivora

smaller than lynx, lower elevation, wider range

Lynx canadensis

Canada lynx

Order Carnivora

larger paws, short, stubbed tail, large ear tuffs

Cervus canadensis

American elk

Order Artiodactyla

all antler bearing animals drop their antlers

Odocoileus hemionus

Mule deer

Order Artiodactyla

Alces alces

Moose

Order Artiodactyla

Ovis canadensis

Bighorn sheep

Order Artiodactyla

horns stay year round