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Other Mammals

To make it easier to picture various animals in the wild, browse the images below.

 

Raccoons (procyon lotor) are small mammals originally native to the southern Unived States, Mexico and Central American, weighing from four to thirty pounds, with adults averaging about twenty pounds. Like many mammals they tend to be smaller toward the equator and larger the farther away from it. Their range now extends as far north as Canada in North America, down to Panama in Central America. They have been deliberately introduced or released as pets now in Europe, Asia, and Japan, where they have established populations.

The marsh rabbit (sylvilagus palustris) can be found in the eastern and southern United States close to water, both Fresh and brackish. Look for them in marshes, wet prairies and flooded farm fields.​

 

The Florida panther (puma concolor) is a subspecies found throughout Florida and occassionally into south Georgia although all the females are located in south Florida below the Caloosahatchee River. There are only an estimated 100 - 180 adult animals in the wild making them one of the rarest animals in the world.

Capybara

The capybara is the largest of the rodents and this one was found in th Esteros del Ibara region of Argentina. The Esteros del Ibara is one of the largest fresh water reservoirs in the world second only to the Pantanal in Brazil.

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That Hit The Spot

A young raccoon licks its lips after getting a drink of water at the boat washing station in E.G. Simmons Park in Ruskin, Florida.

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Triplets

Three young raccoons watch raptly as they explore a new source of fresh water at the boat washing area of E.G. Simmons Park in Ruskin, Florida.

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Squirrel Munchies

A grey squirrel, sciurus carolinensis, has found something good to eat in the branch of this tree at Lettuce Lake Park in Tampa, Florida and is in the process of taking advantage of its find.

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A Toss Of The Head

This beautiful horse was in a field near Keysville, Florida.

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Holding Tension BW

Florida cowman holding reins on a horse that's holding tension during a cattle roundup in western Polk County in a pasture near Bradley, Florida.

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Holding Tension

Florida cowman holding reins on a horse that's holding tension during a cattle roundup in western Polk County in a pasture near Bradley, Florida.

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Prancing Mare

Mare running around her pasture in Newberry, Florida in the middle of the afternoon.

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Salad for Breakfast

Cottontail rabbit eating near the boardwalk in Lettuce Lake Park in Tampa, Florida.

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Resting Squirrel

Grey squirrel, sciurus carolinensis, sitting on a log in Lettuce Lake Park in Tampa, Florida.

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Nap Time

An older cat and younger cat taking a nap together.

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Paint

One of the horses from the stables at Cades Cove in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.

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