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Camera Trap Field Guide

Camera traps are remotely activated cameras that take pictures when either their motion sensor, infrared sensor or light beam detects an object in its view. Camera trapping is a method for capturing wild animals in a digital image when researchers are not present. The Okaloosa S.C.I.E.N.C.E. ...more ↓

Marsh Rabbit 1
Sylvilagus palustris
Eastern Chipmunk 2
Tamias striatus
Puma 3
Puma concolor
Common Muskrat 4
Ondatra zibethicus
American Beaver 5
Castor canadensis
Southeastern Pocket Gopher 6
Geomys pinetis
Marsh Rice Rat 7
Oryzomys palustris
Hispid Cotton Rat 8
Sigmodon hispidus
Round-tailed Muskrat 9
Neofiber alleni
Packrat (Woodrats) 5
Neotoma
Nutria 10
Myocastor coypus
Nine-banded Armadillo 5
Dasypus novemcinctus
Virginia Opossum 5
Didelphis virginiana
American Black Bear 5
Ursus americanus
Northern River Otter 5
Lontra canadensis
Long-tailed Weasel 11
Mustela frenata
Striped Skunk 5
Mephitis mephitis
Spotted Skunk 5
Spilogale putorius
Northern Raccoon 5
Procyon lotor
Bobcat 12
Lynx rufus
Coyote 5
Canis latrans
Red Fox 5
Vulpes vulpes
Common Gray Fox 13
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Horse 5
Equus caballus
White-tailed Deer 5
Odocoileus virginianus
Wild Boar 5
Sus scrofa
Cattle 5
Bos taurus
Eastern Fox Squirrel 14
Sciurus niger
Southern Flying Squirrel 15
Glaucomys volans
Eastern Gray Squirrel 5
Sciurus carolinensis
American Mink 16
Neovison vison
Swamp Rabbit
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Eastern Cottontail 5
Sylvilagus floridanus
Domestic Cat 5
Felis catus
Dog 5
Canis lupus familiaris
American Alligator 17
Alligator mississippiensis
Common Caiman, Spectacled Caiman 18
Caiman crocodilus
American Crocodile 19
Crocodylus acutus
(Florida) Gopher Tortoise 20
Gopherus polyphemus
Wild Turkey 5
Meleagris gallopavo
Common Peafowl 21
Pavo cristatus
Northern Bobwhite 22
Colinus virginianus
ring-necked pheasant 23
Phasianus colchicus

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