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Colorado in the United States. This list of mammals of Colorado includes every wild mammal species seen in the U.S. state of Colorado, based on the list published by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
The Rocky Mountain elk was reintroduced in 1913 to Colorado from Wyoming after the near extinction of the regional herds. While overhunting is a significant contributing factor, the elk's near extinction is mainly attributed to human encroachment and destruction of their natural habitats and migratory corridors.
A herd of elk on Flattop Mountain. There are 67 native species of mammals in Rocky Mountain National Park, a 265,461 acres (107,428 ha) park in Colorado. [1] Species are listed by common name, scientific name, habitat, and abundance. [2] Species which are extirpated, or locally extinct, are marked with an EX.
A 4-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl were attacked and injured by elk four days apart in a Colorado town. The boy was at a playground near Stanley Park in Estes Park, Colorado, around 1:30 p.m ...
In mid-May, a couple of Colorado kids had the moment of a lifetime when a herd of elk wandered next to their soccer game. One of the elk--a young male-- even stopped to observe, so the kids took a ...
Chronic wasting disease, a fatal illness that spread among deer and elk, was found in two samples in California for the first time. ... Since its discovery in 1967 in a Colorado herd, the disease ...
The elk (pl.: elk or elks; Cervus canadensis), or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia.
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