Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Mini-Project #3

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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