List of mammals of Florida

This is a list of mammal species found in the wild on the American State of Florida. In total, 98 species of mammals are known to inhabit, or recently to have inhabited, the state and its surrounding waters. This includes a few species, such as the black-tailed jackrabbit and red deer, that were introduced after the European colonization of the Americas. It also includes the extinct Caribbean monk seal. Rodents account for roughly one quarter of all species, followed closely by mammals from the Cetacea and Carnivora families.

The species included in this list are drawn from the work of The American Society of Mammalogists, which compiled information from five different publications.^[3] Information on the international status of species has been drawn from the IUCN Red List.

Florida mammals by order

Order	Members	Species	Threatened species
Artiodactyla	even-toed ungulates	4
Carnivora	carnivorans	19	1
Cetacea	whales, dolphins and porpoises	21	5
Chiroptera	bats	18	2
Cingulata	armadillos	1
Didelphimorphia	common opossums	1
Lagomorpha	hares, rabbits and pikas	4
Primates	lemurs, monkeys, and apes	1
Rodentia	rodents	23	1
Sirenia	aquatic herbivorous mammals	1	1
Soricomorpha	shrews, moles and solenodons	5
Total		98	10

How to read international conservation status data

Species are classified in nine groups, set through criteria such as rate of decline, population size, area of geographic distribution, degree of population and distribution fragmentation. The tables below reclassified results before 1994 to reflect the current rating system.

Low Vulnerability		Threatened		Extinct		Insufficient Data
Least Concern Near Threatened		Vulnerable Endangered Critically Endangered		Extinct in the Wild Extinct		Data Deficient Not Evaluated

Florida terrestrial mammals

Carnivora

The coyote arrived in northern Florida in the 1970s as its natural range expanded. Illegal releases were another factor in its occupation of the state. Coyotes are extremely adaptable, living in all types of forests and farms.^[4]

Florida has two types of foxes. The native gray fox can be found in the United States almost anywhere, except northern plains and Rockies. It is sometimes confounded with the red fox due to having patches of red hair.^[5] The red fox was introduced to Florida by hunting clubs, although it may have been native in the northern panhandle. Its preferred habitats are open areas, while the gray fox prefers woods.^[6]

Red wolves were once common throughout the southeastern US, including Florida. Extinct in the wild in 1980, it has been progressively introduced to select nature preserves. The present population was introduced as part of this recovery program in 1997 to the Saint Vincent National Refuge;^[7] once red wolf pups reach 18 months, they are relocated to the North Carolina portion of the program.^[8]

Bobcats are well adapted to urban development and are not a conservation concern. They make their home in hammocks, forests or swamps.^[9]

The Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) is one of the subspecies of cougar. Its main differences from other subspecies are longer legs, smaller size and a shorter darker coat. The skull of the Florida panther is broader and flatter with highly arched nasal bones.^[10] Reportedly only seventy adult animals are alive,^[11] and a 1992 study estimated that the subspecies would become extinct between 2016 and 2055.^[12] It was chosen in 1982 as the Florida State Animal by the state's schoolchildren.^[13]

It is believed that some Jaguarundis were unintentionally released in the wild in the 1940s.^[14] There is no evidence besides witness accounts, and the existence of Jaguarandis in the state is dubious.^[15]

Two of the eleven species of skunks live in Florida. Both the eastern spotted skunk and the striped skunk can be found statewide (except for the Keys).

Small populations of the Everglades mink (Mustela vison evergladensis), a subspecies of American mink, are encountered near Lake Okeechobee, and in the Big Cypress Swamp-Everglades National Park area.^[16]

Northern river otters are a common sight close to freshwater streams across Florida. The population is increasing.^[17]

Raccoons are prevalent in the lower 48 states, including Florida. Adaptable to almost all kinds of habitats, the animals are among the few who actually benefit from human development, since food becomes more available. Attacks by predators like the bobcat cause minimum mortality, and the main reason for raccoon deaths is considered to be car accidents.^[18] They are regarded as predators of sea turtles nests.^[19]

All bears in Florida are part of the subspecies Ursus americanus floridanus. Differences between subspecies are very small; the Florida black bear differs from other subspecies by its highly arched forehead and its long and narrow braincase.^[20] Estimates for 2002 indicated the number of bears statewide to be between 2,000 and 3,200 individuals, indicating an increase from the previous census in 1998. The biggest cause of concern is roadkill, although the rates of mortality are equivalent to other areas in the country.^[21]

Name	Species/Authority	Order	Family	ASM state status and native range[3]	Red List
Coyote	Canis latrans Say, 1823	Carnivora	Canidae	uncommon or locally common statewide	7 [22]
Feral dog	Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758	Carnivora	Canidae	locally common; escaped or released statewide	0
Gray fox	Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber, 1775)	Carnivora	Canidae	uncommon or locally common statewide	7 [23]
Red fox	Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758	Carnivora	Canidae	uncommon or locally common statewide	7 [24]
Red wolf	Canis rufus Audubon & Bachman, 1851	Carnivora	Canidae	rare, introduced on Saint Vincent Island	3 [25]
Bobcat	Lynx rufus (Schreber, 1777)	Carnivora	Felidae	common; Peninsula and Northern Keys	7 [26]
Florida panther	Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771)	Carnivora	Felidae	rare, restricted to Green Swamp and Big Cypress areas in SW peninsula	6 [27]
Feral cat	Felis catus Schreber, 1775	Carnivora	Felidae	abundant; escaped or released statewide	0
Jaguarundi	Herpailurus yaguarondi (Lacépède, 1809)	Carnivora	Felidae	possibly introduced to the northern two thirds of peninsula	7 [28]
Eastern spotted skunk	Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus, 1758)	Carnivora	Mephitidae	common; statewide except northeast corner and Keys	7 [29]
Striped skunk	Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776)	Carnivora	Mephitidae	common; statewide except Keys	7 [30]
Long-tailed weasel	Mustela frenata Lichtenstein, 1831	Carnivora	Mustelidae	rare; statewide except Everglades and Keys	7 [31]
Mink	Mustela vison Schreber, 1777	Carnivora	Mustelidae	rare; coastal marshes in west Panhandle, Big Bend area, northeast area, and Everglades	7 [32]
Northern river otter	Lontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777)	Carnivora	Mustelidae	locally common, mostly freshwater habitats, primarily rivers and streams, statewide except Keys	7 [33]
Common raccoon	Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758)	Carnivora	Procyonidae	abundant, statewide	7 [34]
White-nosed coati	Nasua narica (Linnaeus, 1766)	Carnivora	Procyonidae	introduced species, with reports over a wide area of southern Florida	7 [35]
American black bear	Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780	Carnivora	Ursidae	rare or uncommon; localized populations statewide except Keys	7 [36]

Chiroptera

Of the species listed below, 13 are confirmed to be resident species; all of them are insectivorous. Five species had very low numbers reported and can be classified as accidental species: Indiana Bat, Jamaican fruit bat, little brown bat, northern long-eared myotis and the silver-haired bat. Some bats not in this list, but with reported sightings in the Lower Keys, are the buffy flower bat, Cuban flower bat and Cuban fig-eating bat.^[37]

Bats can be classified in two groups by their roosting habits: solitary and colony-roosting bats.

Solitary bats prefer to live in leaves, palm fronds and Spanish moss. Resident bats in this category are the Eastern red bat, the northern yellow bat and the Seminole bat. Hoary bats are not considered residents because they migrate to Mexico and South America to spend the winter.^[38]

The remaining species are considered to be colony-roosting bats. Darker than their solitary counterparts and less furry, these bats prefer to live under bridges, in tree holes or caves. Only 3 Florida species live in caves: the eastern pipistrelle, the gray bat and the southeastern myotis. Florida has the highest concentration of southeastern myotis in the world.^[38]

The greatest threat to bats in Florida is the disturbance or destruction of roost sites, due to vandalism or urban development.^[38]

Name	Species/Authority	Order	Family	ASM state status and native range[3]	Red List
Velvety free-tailed bat	Molossus molossus (Pallas, 1766)	Chiroptera	Molossidae	rare; Lower Keys	7 [39]
Mexican Free-tailed Bat	Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824)	Chiroptera	Molossidae	common, statewide except for Keys	6 [40]
Wagner's bonneted bat	Eumops glaucinus (Wagner, 1843)	Chiroptera	Molossidae	rare, found only in the Miami and Coral Gables area	7 [41]
Jamaican fruit bat	Artibeus jamaicensis Leach, 1821	Chiroptera	Phyllostomidae	rare, Lower Keys only	7 [42]
Big brown bat	Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois, 1796)	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	common statewide except for Keys	7 [43]
Eastern pipistrelle	Pipistrellus subflavus (F. Cuvier, 1832)	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	uncommon; panhandle and northern half of peninsula	7 [44]
Eastern red bat	Lasiurus borealis (Müller, 1776)	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	uncommon; panhandle and northern quarter of peninsula	7 [45]
Evening bat	Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque, 1818)	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	common; statewide except for Keys	7 [46]
Gray bat	Myotis grisescens A.H. Howell, 1909	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	rare, known only from panhandle, Marianna area	4 [47]
Hoary bat	Lasiurus cinereus (Beauvois, 1796)	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	uncommon, panhandle and northern half of peninsula	7 [48]
Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis Miller & Allen, 1928	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	rare, known only from panhandle, Marianna and Jackson counties	4 [49]
Little brown bat	Myotis lucifugus (La Conte, 1831)	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	rare, known only from panhandle and Okaloosa County	7 [50]
Northern long-eared myotis	Myotis septentrionalis (Trouessart, 1897)	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	rare, known only from panhandle, Marianna and Jackson counties	7 [51]
Northern yellow bat	Lasiurus intermedius H. Allen, 1862	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	common statewide except southern tip of peninsula and Keys	7 [52]
Rafinesque's big-eared bat	Plecotus rafinesquii Lesson, 1827	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	rare, statewide except southern tip of peninsula and Keys	5 [53]
Seminole bat	Lasiurus seminolus (Rhoads, 1895)	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	common, statewide except southern tip of peninsula and Keys	7 [54]
Silver-haired bat	Lasionycteris noctivagans (La Conte, 1831)	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	rare; known only from north Santa Rosa County and possibly north Nassau County	7 [55]
Southeastern myotis	Myotis austroriparius (Rhoads, 1897)	Chiroptera	Vespertilionidae	common; cave habitats in panhandle and, disjunct, northeastern and northcentral peninsula	7 [56]

Rodentia

Of the several species of rodents in Florida, the subspecies of Oldfield Mouse are the biggest conservation concern, along with the Florida mouse. Six of eight subspecies of the Oldfield mouse (commonly named beach mice) are in endangered status, and one is extinct. Given causes for their demise is predators like cats and red foxes and destruction of their natural habitats.^[57] The Florida mouse is on the endangered species list because of destruction of their habitat. The mouse is the only mammal that is endemic to Florida. The rodent depends on the gopher tortoise (also endangered) for its survival, because it makes its burrows from tortoise burrows, or in the absence of those, Oldfield mouse burrows.^[58]

Non-native species brought in boats by colonizers are the black rat, brown rat and house mouse. Other non-natives are the capybara, the nutria and the Mexican gray squirrel.^[59]

Not listed below, but with reported sightings, are the biggest rat in the world, the Gambian pouched rat, which arrived in 2002; and the prairie dog. Both are wild releases of animals kept as pets.^[59]

Name	Species Authority	Order	Family	ASM state status and native range[3]	Red List
American beaver	Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820	Rodentia	Castoridae	common; panhandle and northern third of peninsula, except coastal areas.	7 [60]
Southeastern pocket gopher	Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817	Rodentia	Geomyidae	common; panhandle and northern half of peninsula	7 [61]
Capybara	Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766)	Rodentia	Hydrochaeridae	introduced; probably several small populations north of peninsula	7 [62]
Oldfield mouse	Peromyscus polionotus (Wagner, 1843)	Rodentia	Muridae	rare; coastal dunes and dunes on some barrier islands; uncommon on panhandle and northern two thirds of peniinsula in dry, sandy, oldfields and grasslands	7 [63]
Cotton mouse	Peromyscus gossypinus (Le Conte, 1850)	Rodentia	Muridae	common; statewide in forests and mixed forest/grasslands	7 [64]
Eastern harvest mouse	Reithrodontomys humilis (Audubon & Bachman, 1941)	Rodentia	Muridae	common; panhandle and northern two thirds of peninsula in oldfields, grasslands, and fields	7 [65]
Florida woodrat	Neotoma floridana (Ord, 1818)	Rodentia	Muridae	uncommon; panhandle, northern two thirds of peninsula and rare; Key Largo	7 [66]
Florida mouse	Podomys floridanus (Chapman, 1889)	Rodentia	Muridae	rare; central peninsula, mostly in habitats along central ridges.	5 [67]
Meadow vole	Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815)	Rodentia	Muridae	rare; salt marsh in Cedar Key area of Gulf coast	7 [68]
Golden mouse	Ochrotomys nuttalli (Harlan, 183)2	Rodentia	Muridae	rare; panhandle and northern half of peninsula	7 [69]
Hispid cotton rat	Sigmodon hispidus Say & Ord, 1825	Rodentia	Muridae	common; statewide	7 [70]
House mouse	Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758	Rodentia	Muridae	introduced; common; statewide	7 [71]
Marsh rice rat	Oryzomys palustris (Harlan, 1837)	Rodentia	Muridae	common; statewide in saltmarsh and associated habitats	7 [72]
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)	Rodentia	Muridae	introduced; common; statewide	7 [73]
Woodland vole	Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte, 1830)	Rodentia	Muridae	uncommon; central portion of northern third of peninsula	7 [74]
Black rat	Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Rodentia	Muridae	introduced; common statewide	7 [75]
Round-tailed muskrat	Neofiber alleni True, 1884	Rodentia	Muridae	common; peninsula and isolated populations in Apalachicola and Okefenokee areas	6 [76]
Coypu	Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)	Rodentia	Myocastoridae	introduced; Duval County and panhandle populations; possibly established statewide except Keys	7 [77]
Eastern chipmunk	Tamias striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Rodentia	Sciuridae	uncommon; northern half of western panhandle in mesic forest areas	7 [78]
Eastern gray squirrel	Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788	Rodentia	Sciuridae	common; statewide except lower Keys	7 [79]
Fox squirrel	Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758	Rodentia	Sciuridae	rare; statewide except Keys; possibly extinct in southeastern peninsula	7 [80]
Mexican gray squirrel	Sciurus aureogaster F. Cuvier, 1829	Rodentia	Sciuridae	introduced; established on Elliott Key	7 [81]
Southern flying squirrel	Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus, 1758)	Rodentia	Sciuridae	common; statewide except Keys and possibly southwest peninsula	7 [82]

Other orders

The only native even-toed ungulate is the white-tailed deer. It is the most economically important hunting mammal in all of North America, and is one of the major prey animals of the Florida panther. There were only about 20,000 deer in Florida during the late 1930s, and the species was almost extinct in South Florida due to a campaign to eliminate tick-borne diseases. Hunt restraining measures and purchases from other states were very successful bringing the population to more than 700,000 deer statewide. The smaller subspecies, Key deer, lives only in the Keys and numbers around 800 animals.^[83] Sambar deer were introduced in 1908 as alternative game for hunters on Saint Vincent Island. The population is between 700 and 1,000 deers; 130 hunters are licensed per year, and each can kill up to two animals.^[84] Some red deer were released from a hunting ranch around 1967 and may still exist as a small herd.^[85]

Hogs found their way to Florida in 1539 with Spanish colonist Hernando de Soto. Florida has 12% of the three million hogs that roam in the US.^[86] They are a popular hunting prey, but are regarded as a pest due to the damage they inflict to agriculture and environment. More than 21,000 hogs were killed in 1980 alone.^[87]

All the confirmed Soricomorpha in Florida are nocturnal; the black-tailed jackrabbit—introduced as a training tool for racing greyhounds from 1930 to 1950; the native eastern cottontail, which can be found anywhere but in forests and coastal marshes; and the marsh rabbit, who prefers freshwater and brackish marshes. The subspecies Lower Keys marsh rabbit has the scientific name Sylvilagus palustris hefneri after Hugh Hefner—because research on the subspecies was financed in part by the Playboy Foundation.^[88]

Three species of shrews are found across Florida. Two known subspecies are the Homosassa Shrew (Sorex longirostris eionis) and Sherman's Short-tailed Shrew, Blarina carolinensis shermanii.^[89] One of their main predators is the cat. Completing the Soricomorpha are two species of moles.

The rhesus macaque was introduced to Florida in 1933, as props for Tarzan movies, and have established colonies after escaping from the set.^[90] Charles River Laboratories, the world's biggest producer of lab animals, maintained a free-range colony until 1999, when they were forced to remove the animals after they destroyed parts of the mangrove forests in Key Haven.^[91] Other primates with reported sightings not included in this list are vervet monkeys^[92] and squirrel monkeys.^[93]

Cingulata are represented by the nine-banded armadillo, released in 1922 by a Marine who kept them as pets, but other accounts place them as having migrated from Texas. Subsequent introductions and fast breeding spread the species statewide.^[87]

The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial found in North America north of the Rio Grande. It lives in wooded areas and can be easily found statewide.

Name	Species Authority	Order	Family	ASM state status and native range[3]	Red List
Red deer	Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758	Artiodactyla	Cervidae	introduced; single population in Highlands County.	7 [94]
Sambar deer	Cervus unicolor Kerr, 1792	Artiodactyla	Cervidae	introduced on St. Vincent Island	7 [95]
White-tailed deer	Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann, 1780	Artiodactyla	Cervidae	common statewide; rare in Keys	7 [96]
Feral pig	Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758	Artiodactyla	Suidae	common; statewide except Keys	7 [97]
Nine-banded armadillo	Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758	Cingulata	Dasypodidae	common; statewide, except possibly some parts of Everglades	7 [98]
Virginia opossum	Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792	Didelphimorphia	Didelphidae	common; statewide	7 [99]
Black-tailed jackrabbit	Lepus californicus Gray, 1837	Lagomorpha	Leporidae	introduced; established in Homestead area	7 [100]
Eastern cottontail	Sylvilagus floridanus (J.A. Allen, 1890)	Lagomorpha	Leporidae	common; statewide except Keys	7 [101]
Marsh rabbit	Sylvilagus palustris (Bachman, 1837)	Lagomorpha	Leporidae	common; statewide	7 [102]
Swamp rabbit	Sylvilagus aquaticus (Bachman, 1837)	Lagomorpha	Leporidae	rare and unconfirmed; possibly present in Escambia County but no known records	7 [103]
Rhesus macaque	Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann, 1780)	Primates	Cercopithecidae	introduced; Ocala and Silver Springs area	6 [104]
North American least shrew	Cryptotis parva (Say, 1823)	Soricomorpha	Soricidae	common; statewide except for Keys	7 [105]
Southeastern shrew	Sorex longirostris Bachman, 1837	Soricomorpha	Soricidae	uncommon; north, south through Central Florida and on central ridge through southcentral	7 [106]
Southern short-tailed shrew	Blarina carolinensis (Bachman, 1837)	Soricomorpha	Soricidae	common; statewide except for Keys	7 [107]
Eastern mole	Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Soricomorpha	Talpidae	common; statewide except for Keys	7 [108]
Star-nosed mole	Condylura cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)	Soricomorpha	Talpidae	rare; Okefenokee Swamp area and possibly in Leon County	7 [109]

Florida marine mammals

Carnivora and Sirenia

Trichechus manatus latirostris is one of the two subspecies of the West Indian Manatee. This herbivorous aquatic mammal lives in rivers, springs and shallow coastal waters. It was designated the state marine mammal in 1975^[110] and is protected by federal and state laws. Threatened by habitat loss, entanglements in fishing gear and crab traps, or by being asphyxiated or crushed by canal locks and flood gates, the most common cause for manatee deaths is being struck by boats, which caused one quarter of all deaths recorded since 1974. The highest count recorded by statewide surveys was 3,276 in 2001.^[111]

Florida does not have seal colonies, but stray seals wash ashore in Florida occasionally. The most prevalent of those species have been the Common Seal and the Hooded Seal, although a Bearded Seal was seen in 2007.^[112] The Caribbean Monk Seal was native to the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Once a popular prey for Bahamas fishermen, their numbers diminished greatly in the 1800s. The last sighting of the species in Florida was in 1922, and specimens have not been seen anywhere since 1952.^[113]

Name	Species/Authority	Order	Family	ASM state status and native range[3]	Red List
Harbor seal	Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758	Carnivora	Phocidae	rare; east coastal marine areas to Central Florida	7 [114]
Hooded seal	Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777)	Carnivora	Phocidae	rare; east coastal marine areas to Central Florida	7 [115]
Caribbean monk seal	Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850)	Carnivora	Phocidae	extinct	1 [116]
West Indian manatee	Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758	Sirenia	Trichechidae	rare; coastal marine areas, but not usually north of the Suwannee River in the Gulf of Mexico; enters rivers and connected springs	5 [117]

Cetacea

Of the several whales seen close to Florida, the most frequent and notable visitor is the North Atlantic right whale. Named as such because they were the "right" whales to kill, their only known calving ground is located off the coasts of Georgia and Florida. Pregnant females migrate from feeding grounds located far north and deliver calves from mid December to March.^[118] Humpback whales are also re-colonizing the area while Gray whales, once cavorting off Florida for the same reasons as the Right whales, were extirpated from the Atlantic in the 17th-18th century.^[119]

The most common dolphin in the state is the common bottlenose dolphin. Dolphins, like manatees, are vulnerable to red tide and have mass fatalities when one occurs.^[120] Dolphins were designated the Florida State Saltwater Mammal in 1975.^[121]

Name	Species/Authority	Order	Family	ASM state status and native range[3]	Red List
North Atlantic right whale	Eubalaena glacialis P.L.S. Müller, 1776	Cetacea	Balaenidae	regular migrant (in very small number); marine areas	4 [122]
Gray whale	Eschrichtius robustus Lilljeborg, 1861	Cetacea	Balaenopteridae	extirpated in the Atlantic 17th-18th century	0 [123]
Bryde's whale	Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878	Cetacea	Balaenopteridae	rare; marine areas	0 [124]
Fin whale	Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Cetacea	Balaenopteridae	rare; marine areas	4 [125]
Blue whale	Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Cetacea	Balaenopteridae	rare; marine areas	4 [126]
Common minke whale	Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804	Cetacea	Balaenopteridae	rare; marine areas	6 [127]
Sei whale	Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828	Cetacea	Balaenopteridae	rare; marine areas	4 [128]
Humpback whale	Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)	Cetacea	Balaenopteridae	common (in small numbers); marine areas	5 [129]
Atlantic spotted dolphin	Stenella frontalis (G. Cuvier, 1829)	Cetacea	Delphinidae	rare; marine areas	0 [130]
Pantropical spotted dolphin	Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846)	Cetacea	Delphinidae	rare; marine areas	0 [131]
Striped dolphin	Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833)	Cetacea	Delphinidae	rare; marine areas	6 [132]
Clymene dolphin	Stenella clymene (Gray, 1846)	Cetacea	Delphinidae	rare; marine areas	0 [133]
Spinner dolphin	Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)	Cetacea	Delphinidae	rare; marine areas	0 [134]
Common bottlenose dolphin	Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)	Cetacea	Delphinidae	common; coastal marine areas	0 [135]
Short-beaked common dolphin	Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758	Cetacea	Delphinidae	rare; marine areas	7 [136]
False killer whale	Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846)	Cetacea	Delphinidae	rare; marine areas	0 [137]
Pygmy killer whale	Feresa attenuata (Gray, 1875)	Cetacea	Delphinidae	rare; marine areas	0 [138]
Melon-headed whale	Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846)	Cetacea	Delphinidae	rare; marine areas	0 [139]
Fraser's dolphin	Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser, 1956)	Cetacea	Delphinidae	rare; marine areas	0 [140]
Risso's dolphin	Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812)	Cetacea	Delphinidae	rare; marine areas	0 [141]
Killer whale	Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)	Cetacea	Delphinidae	rare; marine areas	0 [142]
Rough-toothed dolphin	Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)	Cetacea	Delphinidae	rare; marine areas	0 [143]
Short-finned pilot whale	Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846	Cetacea	Delphinidae	uncommon; marine areas	0 [144]
Pygmy sperm whale	Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838)	Cetacea	Kogiidae	uncommon; marine areas	0 [145]
Dwarf sperm whale	Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)	Cetacea	Kogiidae	uncommon; marine areas	0 [146]
Sperm whale	Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758	Cetacea	Physeteridae	rare; marine areas	5 [147]
Gervais' beaked whale	Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)	Cetacea	Ziphiidae	rare; marine areas	0 [148]
Blainville's beaked whale	Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817)	Cetacea	Ziphiidae	rare; marine areas	0 [149]
True's beaked whale	Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913	Cetacea	Ziphiidae	rare; Atlantic marine areas south to Flagler County.	0 [150]
Cuvier's beaked whale	Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823	Cetacea	Ziphiidae	rare; marine areas	0 [151]

References

General

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• Stevenson, H. M. (1976). Vertebrates of Florida, identification and distribution (Fifth ed. ed.). Gainesville, Florida: University Presses of Florida. 
• Whitaker, J. O.; W. J. Hamilton (1998). Mammals of the Eastern United States (Third ed. ed.). Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. 
• "State Lists:Mammals of Florida". The American Society of Mammalogists. 2001-05-22. Retrieved 2007-07-18. 

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