Table EIR 58. Endangered and threatened species in Sarasota County (Miller 

 1980) 



Threatened Mammals 



Common Name 



Florida mouse 

 Florida black bear 

 West Indian manatee 



Scientific Name 



Peromyscus f loridanus 

 Ursus americanus floridanus 

 Trichechus manatus latirostris 



Threatened Birds 



Southern bald eagle 

 Audubon's caracara 

 Florida sandhill crane 

 Least tern 

 Florida scrub jay 



Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus 



Caracara chenway auduboni 



Grus canadensis pratensis 



Sterna albifrons 



Aphelocoma coerulescens coerulescens 



Endangered Reptiles 



Short-tailed snake 



Stilosoma extenuatum 



Gopher tortoise 



Threatened Reptiles 



Gopherus polyphemus 

 Threatened Amphibians 

 Florida gopher frog Rana areolata aesopus 



Threatened Plants 



Florida bonamia 

 Prickly-apple 

 Florida coontie 



Bonamia grandif lora 

 Cereus gracilis 

 Zamia floridana 



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