Endangered/Threatened Animals at the EMB

Common Name

Scientific Name

Endangered:

Birds:

*Wood stork

Mycteria americana

*Peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus

*Everglades kite

Rostrhamus sociabilis

Mammals:

*Florida panther

Felis concolor coryi

*Florida mastiff bat

Eumops glaucinus floridanus

*Silver rice rat

Oryzomys argentatus

Threatened:

Birds:

*Bald eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

*Piping plover

Charadrius melodus

*White-crowned pigeon

Columba leucocephala

Least tern

Sterna antillarum

Reptiles:

*Eastern indigo snake

Drymarchon corais couperi

Atlantic loggerhead turtle

Caretta caretta caretta

Mammals:

Everglades mink

Mustela vison evergladensis

Species of special concern:

Birds:

*Reddish egret

Egretta rufescens

Roseate spoonbill

Ajaia ajaja

Little blue heron

Egretta caerulea

Snowy egret

Egretta thula

Tricolored heron

Egretta tricolor

White ibis

Eudocimus albus

Limpkin

Aramus guarauna

Black-skimmer

Rynchops niger

Brown pelican

Pelacanus occidentalis

Reptiles:

*American crocodile

Crocodylus acutus

*American alligator

Alligator mississippiensis

Atlantic hawksbill turtle

Atlantic green turtle

Chelonia mydas mydas

Florida Keys mole skink

Eumeces egregius egregius

Fish:

Rivulus

Rivulus marmoratus

Status undetermined

Mammals:

*Round tailed muskrat

Neofiber alleni

Bobcat

Lynx rufus

* Species present on federal endangered/threatened listing