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_