If you are in the right place at the right time, Florida has quite a few mammals that are comparatively easy to see.  Otters, opossums, manatees, fox squirrels, raccoons, white-tailed deer, key deer and armadillos are among the more commonly seen mammals.

• Opossum
  Virginia Opossum

• Armadillo
  Nine-banded Armadillo

• Bats
  UF Bat house
  Northern Yellow Bat
  Big brown Bat
  Evening Bat
  Mexican free-tailed Bat

• Raccoon
  Raccoon

• Coyote and foxes
  Coyote
  Gray Fox
  Red Fox

• Bear
  Florida Black Bear

• Skunks, otter and mink
  Spotted Skunk
  Otter
  Striped Skunk
  Mink

• Cats
  Bobcat
  Florida Panther

• Aquatic mammals – manatee, dolphins
  Manatee
  Bottlenose Dolphin
  Common Dolphin

       Short-finned Pilot Whale

• Pigs and deer
  Wild Pig
  Key Deer
  White-tailed Deer

• Moles and Shrews
  Eastern Mole
  Star-nosed Mole
  Least Shrew
  Short-tailed Shrew

• Rodents – mice, rats, pocket gopher, squirrels.
  Golden Mouse
  Florida Mouse
  Oldfield Mouse
  Eastern Woodrat
  Cotton Rat
  Pocket Gopher
  Nutria
  Fox Squirrel
  Gray Squirrel
  Flying Squirrel

• Rabbits
  Cottontail Rabbit
  Marsh Rabbit

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