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Florida's forests shelter more than 100 species of animals. Click here to view Florida's wildlife happenings throughoutthe year.
 Florida Black Bear
- 5-toed feet
- 5-6 ft high
- run up to 30 mph
Mating Season: Summer
Cubs are born: late January, early February
Diet: mainly acorns, nuts, berries, saw palmetto, insects
Weight: males: 250-450 lb; females: 150-250 lb
Life span: usually around 20-25 years in the wild
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.jpg) White-Tailed Deer
- Males: Buck
- Female: Doe
- Baby: Fawn
Breeding Season: October to December
Fawns are born: spring
Diet: mainly acorns, fruits, mushrooms, buds, shoots
Average weight in Florida: males: 115 lb ; females: 90 lb
Life span: usually around 10 years in the wild
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 Bobcat
- Up to 3 ft in length
- tail about 5" long
- can reach 23"
- Mating Season: normally in Spring
- Gestation: 50-60 days (average 2 Kittens)
- Diet: small mammals, birds, turkeys
- Weight: males: 20-30 lb; females: 15-25 lb
- Life Span: up to 14 years in the wild
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 Coyote
- most active at sunset and sunrise
- home range: 1,500 to 12,000 acres
Mating Season: late winter
Gestation: 63 days (average 6 pups)
Diet: rodents, rabbits, lizards, snakes, wild fruits, fish
Weight: average 20-30 lb
Life Span: average of 5-6 years in the wild (up to 15)
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 Eastern Wild Turkey
- Male: Gobbler
- Female: Hen
- Baby: Pouts
- Mating Season: February to April (early spring)
- Eggs laying: mainly in April (average 10 eggs)
- Hatching: May
- Diet: acorns, grass seeds, fruits, insects, salamanders
- Weight: males: 20 lb; females: 8-12 lb
- Life Span: average of 2 years
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 Others
- Raccoons
- Squirrels
- Rabbit
- Turtle
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Blackwater River Fauna
White-tailed deer, turkeys, bobcats, red-headed and pleated woodpeckers, hawks, crows, warblers and Mississippi kites; Plovers and sandpipers, heron and egret can be found along the banks and sandbars.
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