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Camp Bayou Field Guide

Some of the species you might see at Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center, Ruskin, FL 33570.
Please understand that the plants and animals in this list are drawn from historical records specific to Hillsborough County, FL imported from the Encyclopedia of Life.
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Fox Squirrel 1
Sciurus niger
Eastern Gray Squirrel 2
Sciurus carolinensis
Southeastern Pocket Gopher 3
Geomys pinetis
Oldfield Mouse
Peromyscus polionotus
Cotton Mouse 4
Peromyscus gossypinus
Eastern Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys humulis
Marsh Rice Rat 5
Oryzomys palustris
House Mouse 6
Mus musculus
Eastern Woodrat
Neotoma floridana
Hispid Cotton Rat 7
Sigmodon hispidus
Golden Mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Round-tailed Muskrat
Neofiber alleni
Florida Mouse 8
Podomys floridanus
Southern Flying Squirrel 9
Glaucomys volans

Edited by Dolly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) Jeffrey Beall, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 2. (c) David Friel, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 3. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Mammals, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 4. (c) Francois Michonneau, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 5. (c) Jeremy Yoder, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 6. (c) Davide, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 7. (c) J. N. Stuart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 8. (c) Florida Fish and Wildlife, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)
  • 9. (c) Stephen Durrenberger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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