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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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Common Raccoon 1
Procyon lotor
Fox Squirrel 2
Sciurus niger
Eastern Spotted Skunk 3
Spilogale putorius
Marsh Rabbit 4
Sylvilagus palustris
Virginia Opossum 5
Didelphis virginiana
Eastern Gray Squirrel 6
Sciurus carolinensis
Southeastern Myotis
Myotis austroriparius
Eastern Pipistrelle 7
Pipistrellus subflavus
Big Brown Bat
Eptesicus fuscus
Seminole Bat 8
Lasiurus seminolus
Eastern Red Bat 9
Lasiurus borealis
Northern Yellow Bat 10
Lasiurus intermedius
Evening Bat 11
Nycticeius humeralis
Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Tadarida brasiliensis
Bottlenose Dolphin 12
Tursiops truncatus
Northern River Otter 13
Lontra canadensis
Long-tailed Weasel 14
Mustela frenata
Striped Skunk
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 15
Lynx rufus
Coyote 16
Canis latrans
Red Fox 15
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 17
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
White-tailed Deer 18
Odocoileus virginianus
Eastern Cottontail 19
Sylvilagus floridanus
Southeastern Pocket Gopher 20
Geomys pinetis
Oldfield Mouse
Peromyscus polionotus
Cotton Mouse 21
Peromyscus gossypinus
Eastern Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys humulis
Marsh Rice Rat 3
Oryzomys palustris
House Mouse 22
Mus musculus
Eastern Woodrat
Neotoma floridana
Hispid Cotton Rat 23
Sigmodon hispidus
Golden Mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Round-tailed Muskrat
Neofiber alleni
Florida Mouse 24
Podomys floridanus
Southern Flying Squirrel 25
Glaucomys volans
Antillean Manatee 26
Trichechus manatus
Southeastern Shrew
Sorex longirostris
North American Least Shrew 27
Cryptotis parva
Southern Short-tailed Shrew 28
Blarina carolinensis
Eastern Mole
Scalopus aquaticus
Nine-banded Armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus
Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat
Corynorhinus rafinesquii
American Mink 29
Neovison vison

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