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Animals
There are wide varieties of animals available in florida. Few of them
are listed below
Florida Panther
The Florida panther are commonly found in Western Texas and throughout
the southeastern states, but now found only in Florida. The place of habitat
of Florida panther include cypress swamps, pine and hardwood hammock forests.
They generally feed on white-tailed deer and also on rabbits, raccoons,
wild hog, armadillo and birds.
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Black Bear
The Florida black bear is black with a brown muzzle. Some have a white
patch on their chests. The black deer are omnivores and diet on berries,
palmetto fruits, nuts, roots, insects, small mammals, fish and carrion.
These species are generally seen in dense forests, both wetland and upland
forests.
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Key Deer
The Florida Key Deer is the smallest race of North American deer. The
habitat of key deer is island with permanent freshwater. These animals
need freshwater for their survival. They feed on native plants such as
red, black and white mangroves, thatch palm berries and over 160 other
species of plants.
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Bobcat
 The
Bobcat is a North American wild cat. These animals display reddish-brown
or yellowish-brown coats with black or dark brown streaks and have outstanding,
pointed ears with a bunch of black hair at the tip. The lower part of
their body is white. The bobcat got its name due to its bobbed tail. Bobcats
are roughly 25– 30 cm (10– 12 inches) high at the
shoulder. The male Bobcat typically weighs from 11– 16 kg (24–
35 lb).
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Manatee
Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) often referred, as sea
cows are large water mammals.  The
Trichechidae differ from the Dugongidae in the skull and tail shape. Manatees
contain a paddle-shaped tail, while the Dugong possesses a forked tail.
Manatee is an herbivorous animal that grazes in shallow waters.The shallow
marshy coastal area of North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean
Sea houses the Manatee.
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Diamondback Terrapin
 The Diamondback Terrapin is a salt swamp turtle and lives only in brackish water. It lives in the coastal waters from Massachusetts down to Florida, and around to Texas. There are seven categories of Diamondback Terrapin, and it is Malaclemys terrapin centrata that lives here in northeast Florida. The turtle gets its name from the diamond-shaped designs on its shell.
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Opossum
 The Opossum is one of strangest animals. It has a pouch for its children like a kangaroo, making it the only marsupial in the United States. It also has a prehensile end like a monkey. This means it can use its tail like another hand to pick up things or hold onto branches. It also has an opposable thumb on its back feet. People have opposable thumbs; we can fold our thumb across the palm of our hand.
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Wild Boars
 Wild boars (Sus scrofa) are native to North America. The wild boars you see today are the huge grandchild of the European boars brought here a long time ago. They are NOT pink with curly tails. Wild boars are large - sometimes 5 feet long, and weigh up to 300 pounds.They have stiff black fur and straight tails.The males have tusks that curl out of their mouth. They are not long tusks like an elephant’s, but they are still 2-5 inches long and can really hurt you! Sometimes wild boars will breed with pot-bellied pigs.
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