Zim, Herbert S. _Everglades National Park and the Nearby Florida Keys._ New York: Golden Press, 1985.
Here is a partial list of the rare and endangered species and subspecies found in Everglades National Park and Fort Jefferson National Monument.
Mammals Florida Panther (Cougar) West Indian Manatee (Sea Cow) Birds Snail Kite Southern Bald Eagle Arctic Peregrine Falcon Cape Sable Sparrow Wood Stork Red-cockaded Woodpecker Reptiles and Amphibians Green Turtle Eastern Indigo Snake Hawksbill Turtle Loggerhead Turtle American Crocodile
More than 40 species of mammals are found in Everglades National Park. Many of them are species commonly associated with drier habitats that have adapted to the semi-aquatic environment that comprises most of the park. It is not uncommon to see whitetail deer wading through the sawgrass prairie or a bobcat foraging for food in a mangrove swamp. This list is made up of species found within the boundary of the park or in the immediate area. Species considered exotic to Everglades National Park are marked with an asterisk (*).
Opossum _Didelphis marsupialis_ Short-tailed shrew _Blarina brevicauda_ Least shrew _Cryptotis parva_ Eastern mole _Scalopus aquaticus_ Seminole bat _Lasiurus seminolus_ Florida yellow bat _Lasiurus intermedius_ Evening bat _Nycticeius hymeralis_ Brazilian free-tailed bat _Tadarida brasiliensis_ Florida mastiff bat _Eumops glaucinus_ Nine-banded armadillo _Dasypus novemcinctus_* Marsh rabbit _Sylvilagus palustris_ Eastern cottontail _Sylvilagus floridanus_ Gray squirrel _Sciurus carolinensis_ Fox squirrel _Sciurus niger_ Southern flying squirrel _Glaucomys volans_ Rice rat _Oryzomys palustris_ Cotton mouse _Peromyscus gossypinus_ Cotton rat _Sigmodon hispisus_ Roundtail muskrat _Neofiber alleni_ Roof rat _Rattus rattus_* Norway rat _Rattus norvegicus_ House mouse _Mus musculus_* Atlantic bottlenosed dolphin _Tursiops truncatus_ Short-finned, or Pilot, whale _Globicephala marcorhyncha_ Gray fox _Urocyon cineroargenteus_ Red fox _Vulpes vulpes_* Domestic dog _Canis familiaris_* Black bear _Ursus americanus_ Raccoon _Procyon lotor_ Coati _Nasua narica_* Everglades mink _Mustela vison_ Long-tailed weasel _Mustela frenata_ Eastern spotted skunk _Spirogale putorius_ Striped skunk _Mephitis mephitis_ River otter _Lutra canadensis_ Florida panther _Felis concolor coryi_ Bobcat _Lynx rufus_ Domestic cat _Felis domesticus_* West Indian Manatee _Trichechus manatus_ Domestic pig _Sus scrofa_* Whitetail deer _Odocoileus virginia_