MAMMALS LIST (15)
  
    
    
        - Common name:Bottlenose Dolphin
 
        - Scientific name:Tursiops truncatus
 
        - Family:Ocean dolphin family
 
        - Habitat:Shallow blackish inshore waters, lower reaches of rivers, ocean waters.
 
        - Breeding:1 young every 2-3 years
 
    
   
  
    
    
        - Common name:Common Raccoon
 
        - Scientific name:Procyon lotor
 
        - Family:Raccoon family
 
        - Habitat:Woodsand scrub near water, towns
 
        - Activity:Mainly nocturnal but sometimes seen in daytime
 
    
   
  
    
    
        - Common name:Eastern Gray Squirrel
 
        - Scientific name:Sciurus carolinensis
 
        - Family:Squirrel family
 
        - Habitat:Broadleaf and mixed woods, esp. oak and hiskory, parks, towns
 
        - Activity:By day, year-around
 
    
   
  
    
    
        - Common name:Eastern Fox Squirrel
 
        - Scientific name:Sciurus niger
 
        - Family:Squirrel family
 
        - Habitat:Nixed woods, esp. oak, pine, hiscory, cypress; mangroves
 
        - Activity:By day, year-around
 
	- Range:All Florida, ex. Keys
 
    
   
  
    
    
        - Common name:Eastern Mole
 
        - Scientific name:Scalapus aquaticus
 
        - Family:Mole family
 
        - Habitat:Fields, lawns, well-drained woods
 
        - Activity:Near dawn and dusk, year-round
 
	- Breeding:2-5 young born in tunnels April-May
 
	- Sign:Low rised ridges on soil surface
 
	- Range:All Florida, ex. Keys
 
    
   
  
    
    
        - Common name:Feral Pig
 
        - Scientific name:Sus scrofa
 
        - Family:Pig family
 
        - Habitat:Woods, shrub, swamps.
 
        - Activity:Day or night, year-around
 
    
   
  
    
    
        - Common name:Marsh Rabbit
 
        - Scientific name:Sylvilagus palustris
 
        - Family:Hare and Rabbit family
 
        - Habitat:Fresh- and saltwatermarshes and swamps
 
        - Activity:Day and night, year-round
 
	- Breeding:Matesfrom February on; 2-5 young per litter, several litters per year
 
	- Sign:Trails in marshes. Tracks: hindprint about 3.5"
 
    
   
  
    
    
        - Common name:Nine-banded Armadillo
 
        - Scientific name:Dasypus novemcinctus
 
        - Family:Armadillo family
 
        - Habitat:Woods, shrub, and fields with soft soil and rotting wood
 
        - Activity:By nightin hot weather, by day in cool; year-round
 
	- Range:All Florida, ex. Keys
 
    
   
  
    
    
        - Common name:Northern River Otter
 
        - Scientific name:Lutra canadensis
 
        - Family:Weasel family
 
        - Habitat:Clean rivers, wood-edged ponds and lakes
 
        - Breeding:1-5 young born blind but furned in March
 
        - Activity:Day or night, year-around
 
    
   
  
    
    
        - Common name:Red Fox
 
        - Scientific name:Vulpes vulpes
 
        - Family:Dog family
 
        - Habitat:Wooded and brushy areas
 
        - Activity:Day or night, year-around
 
    
   
  
    
    
        - Common name:Virginia Opossum
 
        - Scientific name:Didelphis virginia
 
        - Family:Opossum family
 
        - Habitat:Woods, watersides, farms, towns
 
        - Activity:Intensely active day and night, year-round
 
	- Breeding:1-14 (avg. 8) pea-size young attach themselvs to nipples in mother's pouch for 2 months; 2-3 litters per  year
 
    
   
  
    
    
        - Common name:White-tailed Deer
 
        - Scientific name:Odocoileus virginianus
 
        - Family:Deer family
 
        - Habitat:Broadleaf and mixed woods and edges, hammocks, fields, swamps, marshes.
 
        - Activity:Day and night, year-around