Wildlife
Animal species that can be found within habitats of the Island
Common Name | Scientific Name | Common Name | Scientific Name | Common Name | Scientific Name |
American alligator [FT(S/A)] | Alligator mississippiensis | Bald eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bobcat | Lynx rufus |
Bobwhite quail | Colinus virginianus | Cottonmouth | Agkistrodon piscivorus | Coyote | Canis latrans |
Dusky pygmy rattlesnake | Sistrurus miliarius barbouri | Eastern diamondback rattlesnake | Crotalus adamenteus | Eastern indigo snake (FT) | Drymarchon couperi |
Feral hog | Sus scrofa | Florida black bear | Ursus americanus floridanus | Florida mouse (SSC) | Podomys floridanus |
Florida pine snake (SSC) | Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus | Florida Sandhill crane (ST) | Grus canadensis pratensis | Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus |
Florida Scrub-jay (FT) | Aphelocoma coerulescens | Gopher tortoise (ST) | Gopherus polyphemus | North American River Otter | Lontra canadensis |
Opossum | Didelphis virginiana | Osceola wild turkey | Meleagris gallopavo osceola | Raccoon | Procyon lotor |
Redshouldered hawk | Buteo lineatus | Sherman’s fox squirrel (SSC) | Sciurus niger shermani | Southeastern American Kestrel (ST) | Falco sparverius paulus |
Swallow- tailed kite | Elanoides forficatus | White ibis (SSC) | Eudocimus albus |