MAMMALS OF FLORIDA MANGROVES 



Species 



Status 



Food Habits 



Virginia Opossum 



( Didelphis virginiana ) 



Abundant 



Fruits, berries, insects, 

 frogs, snakes, small 

 birds and mammals 



Short-tailed Shrew 

 (Blarina brevicauda) 



Uncommon 



Insects 



Marsh Rabbit 



( Sylvilagus palustris ) 



Gray Squirrel 



(Sciurus carolinensis) 



Abundant 



Occasional 



Emergent aquatics 



Fruits, berries, mast, 

 seeds 



Fox Squirrel 



( Sciurus niger ) 



Marsh Rice Rat 



( Oryzomys palustris ) 



Cudjoe Key Rice Rat 

 ( Oryzomys argentatus ) 



Rare 



Uncommon 



Rare 



Cotton Rat Abundant 



( Sigmodon hispidus) 



Gray Fox Uncommon 



( Urocyon ciner eoar genteus ) 



Black Bear Rare 



(Ursus americanus) 



Fruits, berries, mast 



Seeds of emergent plants, 

 insects, crabs 



Seeds, insects, crabs 



Sedges, grasses, cray- 

 fish, crabs, insects 



Small mammals, birds 



Fruits, berries, fish, 

 mice 



Raccoon 



( Procyon lotor ) 



Mink 



(Mustela vison) 



Abundant 



Rare 



Crayfish, frogs, fish 



Small mammals, fish, 

 frogs , snakes , aquatic 

 insects 



Striped Skunk 



( Mephitis mephitis ) 



River Otter 



(Lutra canadensis) 



Common 



Uncommon 



Bird eggs and young 

 frogs, mice, larger 

 invertebrates 



Crayfish, fish, mussels 



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