Table EIR 56. Endangered and threatened species in Pasco County (Miller 1980) 



Threatened Mammals 



Common Name Scientific Name 



Shermans fox squirrel Scirus niger shermani 



Florida mouse Peromyscus floridanus 



Florida black bear Ursus americanus floridanus 



West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris 



Threatened Birds 



Southern bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus 



Florida sandhill crane Grus canadensis pratensis 



Least tern Sterna albifrons 



Florida scrub jay Aphelocoma coerulescens coerulescens 



Endangered Reptiles 



Short-tailed snake Stilosoma extenuatum 



Threatened Reptiles 



Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus 



Threatened Amphibians 



Florida gopher frog Rana areolata aesopus 



Endangered Plants 



Auricled spleenwort Asplenium auritum 



Threatened Plants 



Needle palm Rhapidophyllum hystrix 



Jackson-vine Smilax small ii 



Florida coontie , Zamia floridana 



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