Table EIR 55 

 1980) . 



Endangered and threatened species in Manatee County (Miller 



Threatened Mammals 



Common Name 



Florida mouse 

 Florida black bear 

 West Indian manatee 



Threatened Birds 



Southern bald eagle 

 Audubon's caracara 

 Florida sandhill crane 

 Least tern 

 Florida scrub jay 



Scientific Name 



Peromyscus floridanus 

 Ursus americanus floridanus 

 Trichechus manatus latirostris 



Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus 

 Caracara cheriway auduboni 

 Grus canadensis pratensis 

 Sterna albifrons 



Gopher tortoise 



Aphelocoma coerulescens coerulescens 

 Threatened Reptiles 



Gopherus polyphemus 

 Threatened Amphibians 

 Florida gopher frog Rana areolata aesopus 



Threatened Plants 



Curtiss milkweed 

 Florida bonamia 

 Prickly-apple 

 Florida coontie 



Asclepias curtissii 

 Bonamia grandif lora 

 Cereus gracilis 

 Zamia floridana 



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