Table EIR 54. Endangered and threatened species in Lee County (Miller 1980). 



Endangered Mammals 



Common Name Scientific Name 



Mangrove fox squirrel Sciurus niger shermani 



Threatened Mammals 



Florida black bear Ursus american us floridanus 



West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris 



Threatened Birds 



Southern bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus 



Audubon's caracara Caracara chenway auduboni 



Florida sandhill crane Grus canadensis pratensis 



Least tern Sterna albifrons 



Florida scrub jay Aphelocoma coerulescens coerulescens 



Threatened Reptiles 



Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus 



Threatened Amphibians 



Florida gopher frog Rana areolata aesopus 



Endangered Plants 



Hand fern Ophioglossum palmatum 



Continued 



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