Known Mammals

in the

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Common Mammals & Frequency of Sightings

 

Lists: Carnivores | Edentes | Ungulates | Marsupials | Rabbits | Rodents | Insectivores | Bats

 

 

CARNIVORES

Canidae

• Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
• Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
• Coyote (Canis latrans)

Felidae

• Bobcat (Felis rufus)
• Florida Panther

Mustelidae

• River Otter (Lutra canadensis)
• Eastern Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putorius)
• Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

Procyonidae

• Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Ursidae

• Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

EDENTES

Dasypodidae

• Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)

UNGULATES

Cervidae

• White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

MARSUPIALS

Didelphidae

• Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

RABBITS

Leporidae

• Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus)
• Marsh Rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris)
• Swamp Rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus)

RODENTS

Sciuridae

• Big Cypress Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
• Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Cricetidae

• Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
• Florida Mouse (Peromyscus floridanus)
• Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris)
• Round-tailed Muskrat (Neofiber alleni)

Muridae

• House Mouse (Mus musculus)
• Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
• Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Capromyidae

• Nutria (Myocastor coypus)

INSECTIVORES

Talpidae

• Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus)

BATS

Vespertilionidae

• Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
• Eastern Pipistrelles (Pipistrellus subflavus)
• Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis)
• Florida Bonneted Bat (Eumops floridanus)
• Northern Yellow Bat (Lasiurus intermedius)
• Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii)
• Seminole Bat (Lasiurus seminolus)