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Current Range Climate Soils Water Natural Communities -- Hardwood hammocks -- Pinelands -- Cypress swamps -- Hardwood swamps -- Prairies -- Freshwater marshes Habitat Use Habitat Review Private Land and Panther Survival Animals and Plants -Birds -- Audubon's crested caracara (threatened) -- Bachman's sparrow -- Black vulture -- Burrowing owl -- Chuck-will's-widow -- Florida grasshopper sparrow (endangered) -- Great crested flycatcher -- Red-cockaded woodpecker (endangered) -- Red-shouldered hawk -- Sandhill crane -- Snail kite (endangered) -- Turkey vulture -- White ibis -- Wood stork (endangered) -- Yellow-crowned night heron -Mammals -- Black bear -- Big Cypress fox squirrel -- Bobcat -- Marsh rabbit -- Nine-banded armadillo -- Raccoon -- Striped skunk -- White-tailed deer -- Wild hog -Reptiles and amphibians -- American alligator -- Eastern diamondback rattlesnake -- Eastern indigo snake (threatened) -- Gopher tortoise -- Green anole -Invertebrates -- Florida tree snail -- Golden orb weaver -- Zebra longwing -Plants -- Bromeliads -- Cabbage palm -- Cypress -- Devil's claw -- Gumbo limbo -- Orchid -- Poisonwood -- Saw palmetto -- Southern slash pine -- Strangler fig | | An animal's habitat is its home - the place where its basic needs for food, water, shelter or cover, and reproduction are met. The area where an animal is found is its range. The panther's range consists of nearly 1 million hectares in southwest Florida. Within the panther's range are a number of distinctive natural communities as well as areas disturbed to varying degrees by human activities. Scientists usually define the natural communities on the basis of vegetation. Most animals, including the panther, use a variety of natural communities to meet their needs. Panthers, especially young males, may travel through disturbed areas but their needs for adequate food and cover can only be met by the natural communities within their range.
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