Table EIR 52. Endangered and threatened species in DeSoto County (Miller 

 1980) . 



Common Name Scientific Name 



Threatened Mammals 



Florida black bear Ursus americanus floridanus 



West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris 



Endangered Birds 



Ivory-billed woodpecker Canipephilus principalis 



Threatened Birds 



Audubon's caracara Caracara cheriway auduboni 



Florida sandhill crane Grus canadensis pratensis 



Threatened Reptiles 



Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus 



Sand skink Neoseps reynoldsi 



Threatened Amphibians 



Florida gopher frog Rana areolata aesopus 



Threatened Plants 



Curtiss milkweed Asclepias curtissii 



Florida bonamia Bonamia grandiflora 



Edison's ascyrum Hypericum edisonianum 



Florida coontie Zamia floridana 



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