MAMMALS OF FLORIDA MANGROVES (concluded) 



Species 



Status 



Food Habits 



Panther 



(Felis concolor) 



Very rare 



Deer, rabbits, mice, 

 birds 



Bobcat 



(Felis rufus ) 



Common 



Rabbits, squirrels, 

 birds 



White-tailed Deer 



( Odocoileus virglnianus ) 



Common 



Emergent aquatics, nuts, 

 acorns, occasionally 

 mangrove leaves 



Key Deer 



(O.v. clavium) 



Common on cer- Emergent aquatics and 

 tain Florida Keys other vegetation 

 (no longer on 

 mainland) 



Black Rat 



(Rattus rattus) 



Common 



Bottle-nosed Dolphin 

 ( Tursiops truncatus ) 



West Indian Manatee 

 (Trichechus manatus) 



Uncommon 



Uncommon 



Fish 



Submerged aquatics, 

 Zostera , Ruppia , Halodule , 

 Syringodium , Cymodocea , 

 Thalassia 



References: Layne 1974; Hamilton and Whittaker 1979; 



L. Narcisse, R.N. "Ding" Darling Fed. Wildlife 

 Refuge, Sanibel Island, Fla.; personal commu- 

 nication. 



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