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Systematic list - part 25: Mammals

 

Raccoon Procyon lotor (5)

2 Ding Darling 16th, 1 Bill Baggs 24th, 1 Tall Cypress 27th and 1 Mattheson Hammock 27th.

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Raccoons, Ding Darling, 16th April

 

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Raccoon (with a domestic cat), Mattheson Hammock, 27th April

 

River Otter Lutra canadensis (4)

1 Tamiami Trail Loop Road 14th and 3 Ding Darling 16th.

 

Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis (6)

2 Washington Loop Road 14th, 1 Corkscrew Swamp 15th, 1 Jonathan Dickinson State Park 26th, 1 Jupiter Ridge 26th and 1 Mattheson Hammock 27th.

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Eastern Gray Squirrel, Washington Loop Road, 14th April

 

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Eastern Gray Squirrels, Mattheson Hammock, 27th April (left) and Jonathan Dickinson State Park, 26th April (right)

 

Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger (1)

1 Alva 15th.

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Eastern Fox Squirrel, Alva, 15th April

 

Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus (1)

1 Ding Darling 16th appeared to be this species.

 

Marsh Rabbit Sylvilagus palustris (1)

1 Wakodahatchee 25th.

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Marsh Rabbit, Wakodahatchee, 25th April

 

White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus (2)

2 (adult with fawn) Babcock-Webb 16th.

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White-tailed Deer, Babcock-Webb, 16th April

 

Manatee Trichechus manatus (4)

At least 4 Lovers Key State Park 15th.

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Manatees, Lovers Key State Park, 15th April

 

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis (3)

At least 3 (I think 5-6 were seen by others) riding the bow of the MV Playmate between Key West and Dry Tortugas 20th.

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Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, from MV Playmate between Key West and Dry Tortugas, 20th April

 

Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus (2)

2 Chokoloskee 17th. In addition a dolphin at Garden Key on 21st and 2 dolphins from the MV Playmate between Dry Tortugas and Key West 22nd were probably this species.

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Atlantic Bottle-nosed Dolphins, Chokoloskee, 17th April

 

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