 White-tailed deer, wild turkey, ruffed grouse, opossum, raccoon, hawks, chipmunks, porcupine, woodpeckers, and flying, red, and eastern gray squirrels are all fairly common in the park.Black bears also inhabit Black Moshannon State Park.Many of these animals were decimated due to the effects of deforestation, pollution and unregulated hunting and trapping during the late 19th century.