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Table 4-2 GAME AND OTHER STATE-MANAGED WILDLIFE SPECIES <br />• OF ECONOMIC VALUE WITHIN THE DANFORTH HILLS STUDY <br />AREA AND NORTHWEST COLORADO <br /> Status Withina Status Withina <br /> the Northwest <br /> Common Name Scientific Name Study Area Colorado <br /> BIG GAME <br /> Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionous Observed, Abundant <br /> Abundant <br /> American elk Cervus canadensis Observed, Abundant <br /> Abundant <br /> Pronghorn antelope Antilocapra americana Observed, Fairly Common <br /> Uncommon <br /> Black bear Ursus americanus Uncommon Fairly Common <br /> Cougar Felis concolor Uncommon Fairly Common <br /> UPLAND GAME BIRDS <br /> <br /> Blue grouse Dendrapagus obscurus Observed, Fairly Common <br /> Fairly Common <br />• <br /> Sage grouse Centrocercus Uncommon Common <br /> urophasianus <br /> SMALL GAME MAMMALS/MAMMALIAN PREDATORS <br /> Nuttal's Sylvilagus nutallii Observed, Abundant <br /> cottontail Abundant <br /> Red fox Vulpes vulpes fairly Common, Common <br /> Observed <br /> Coyote Canis latrans Common Common <br /> Bobcat Lynx rufus Fairly Common Fairly Common <br /> Beaver Castor canadensis Observed, Fairly Common <br /> Fairly Common <br /> Muskrat Ondatra zibethica Observed, Fairly Common <br /> Uncommon <br /> a Abundant: Dominant species; seen or captured daily <br /> Common: Regularly seen or captured <br />. Fairly Common: Can be found in appropriate habitat during any one day <br /> Uncommon: Can be found in appropriat e habitat, but not on a daily <br /> basis <br />4-4 <br />