Checklist of Mammals
More than 40 species of mammals are found in [Everglades] National Park. Many of them are species commonly associated with drier [habitats] that have adapted to the semi-aquatic [environment] that comprises most of the park. It is not uncommon to see whitetail deer wading through the sawgrass prairie or a bobcat foraging for food in a [mangrove] [swamp]. This list is made up of species found within the boundary of the park or in the immediate area. Species considered [exotic] to Everglades National Park are marked with an asterisk (*).
Opossum Didelphis marsupialis Short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda Least shrew Cryptotis parva Eastern mole Scalopus aquaticus Seminole bat Lasiurus seminolus Florida yellow bat Lasiurus intermedius Evening bat Nycticeius hymeralis Brazilian free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis Florida mastiff bat Eumops glaucinus Nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus* [Marsh] rabbit Sylvilagus palustris Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus Gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Fox squirrel Sciurus niger Southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans Rice rat Oryzomys palustris Cotton mouse Peromyscus gossypinus Cotton rat Sigmodon hispisus Roundtail muskrat Neofiber alleni Roof rat Rattus rattus* Norway rat Rattus norvegicus House mouse Mus musculus* Atlantic bottlenosed dolphin Tursiops truncatus Short-finned, or Pilot, whale Globicephala marcorhyncha Gray fox Urocyon cineroargenteus Red fox Vulpes vulpes* Domestic dog Canis familiaris* Black bear Ursus americanus Raccoon Procyon lotor Coati Nasua narica* [Everglades] mink Mustela vison Long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata Eastern spotted skunk Spirogale putorius Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis River otter Lutra canadensis Florida panther Felis concolor coryi Bobcat Lynx rufus Domestic cat Felis domesticus* West Indian Manatee Trichechus manatus Domestic pig Sus scrofa* Whitetail deer Odocoileus virginia