The list of animals that are endangered in Florida clearly shows that there is a problem with human expansion into fragile ecosystems. I hope as you read this list you feel remorse for the desimated populations of all these animals.
Luke Ford
-American Alligator, ( Alligator mississippiensis)
-Purple Bankclimber, ( Elliptoideus sloatianus)
-Gray Bat, ( Myotis grisescens)
-Schaus swallowtail Butterfly, ( Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus)
-Audubon's crested Caracara, (FL pop.) ( Polyborus plancus audubonii)
-Whooping Crane, ( Grus americana)
-American Crocodile, ( Crocodylus acutus)
-Okaloosa Darter, ( Etheostoma okaloosae)
-Key Deer, ( Odocoileus virginianus clavium)
-Bald Eagle, (lower 48 States) ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
-Florida scrub Jay, ( Aphelocoma coerulescens)
-Everglade snail Kite, (FL pop.) ( Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus)
-West Indian Manatee, ( Trichechus manatus)
-Gulf Moccasinshell, ( Medionidus penicillatus)
-Ochlockonee Moccasinshell, ( Medionidus simpsonianus)
-Anastasia Island beach Mouse, ( Peromyscus polionotus phasma)
-Choctawhatchee beach Mouse, ( Peromyscus polionotus allophrys)
-Key Largo cotton Mouse, ( Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola)
-Perdido Key beach Mouse, ( Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis)
-Southeastern beach Mouse, ( Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris)
-St. Andrew beach Mouse, ( Peromyscus polionotus peninsularis)
-Florida Panther, ( Puma concolor coryi)
-Oval Pigtoe, ( Pleurobema pyriforme)
-Piping Plover, (except Great Lakes watershed) ( Charadrius melodus)
-Shinyrayed Pocketbook, ( Lampsilis subangulata)
-Puma (FL) ( Puma concolor)
-Lower Keys marsh Rabbit, ( Sylvilagus palustris hefneri)
-Rice rat (lower FL Keys) ( Oryzomys palustris natator)
-Flatwoods Salamander, ( Ambystoma cingulatum)
-Green Sea turtle, (FL, Mexico nesting pops.) ( Chelonia mydas)
-Green Sea turtle, (except where endangered) ( Chelonia mydas)
-Hawksbill Sea turtle, ( Eretmochelys imbricata)
-Kemp's ridley Sea turtle, ( Lepidochelys kempii)
-Leatherback Sea turtle, ( Dermochelys coriacea)
-Loggerhead Sea turtle, ( Caretta caretta)
-Caribbean monk Seal, ( Monachus tropicalis)
-Squirrel Chimney Cave Shrimp, ( Palaemonetes cummingi)
-Bluetail mole Skink, ( Eumeces egregius lividus)
-Sand Skink, ( Neoseps reynoldsi)
-Chipola Slabshell, (Elliptio chipolaensis)
-Stock Island tree Snail, ( Orthalicus reses)
-Atlantic salt marsh Snake, ( Nerodia clarkii taeniata)
-Eastern indigo Snake, ( Drymarchon corais couperi)
-Cape Sable seaside Sparrow, ( Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis)
-Florida grasshopper Sparrow, ( Ammodramus savannarum floridanus)
-Wood Stork, (AL, FL, GA, SC) ( Mycteria americana)
-Gulf Sturgeon, ( Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi)
-Shortnose Sturgeon, ( Acipenser brevirostrum)
-Roseate Tern, (Western Hemisphere except NE U.S.) ( Sterna dougallii dougallii)
-Fat Three-ridge, ( Amblema neislerii)
-Florida salt marsh Vole, ( Microtus pennsylvanicus dukecampbelli)
-Finback Whale, ( Balaenoptera physalus)
-HumpbackWhale, ( Megaptera novaeangliae)
-RightWhale, ( Balaena glacialis)
-Red-cockaded Woodpecker, ( Picoides borealis)
-Key Largo Woodrat, ( Neotoma floridana smalli)
http://www.endangeredspecie.com/states/fl.htm
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