Regions in the US Atlantic States: The states that border the Atlantic Ocean from Maine in the north to Florida in the south. Great Plains States: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. Gulf States: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

Southeastern region

Regionally, the term refers to the coastal states and area east of the Appalachian Mountains that have shoreline on the Atlantic Ocean, from north to south, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and …

Florida peninsula A broad, low crustal arch extends southward at the junction of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains. The emerged half of the arch, constitutes the visible lowland peninsula of Florida. The submerged half extends westward under the shallow Florida overlapping waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

These are the upland (hilly area), the Everglades (swamp and wetland), the Florida Keys (an archipelago of over 1,500 islands) and the Gulf Coast (coastal plains).

Gulf Coastal Prairies. The Gulf Coastal Prairies region is located along the Texas coast between the Sabine River and Corpus Christi. The area is bounded on the northeast by the Pine Woods Belt, inland by the Post Oak Belt and in the southwest by the South Texas Plain.

67 counties

Liberty County

Sumter County

Miami-Dade County

21,538,187

Pinellas County

Palm Beach County

268,597 mi²

Florida’s mammals include panther, otter, bears, raccoons, bats, bobcats, otters, beavers, squirrels, fox, deer, and rodents. One of Florida’s best known mammals is the manatee.

The manatee (Trichechus manatus), also called a sea cow, is a gray, waterplant-eating, gentle giant that reaches eight to fourteen feet in length and can weigh more than a ton. It was designated the state marine mammal in 1975.

Florida does not have seal colonies, but stray seals come ashore in Florida occasionally. The most prevalent of those have been the common seal and the hooded seal, although a bearded seal was seen in 2007. The Caribbean monk seal was native to the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

History of seals in Florida The seals were hunted aggressively when Spanish explorers arrived for their fur hides, meat, and the oil from their bodies. The species is now extinct, with the last Caribbean Monk Seal sighting was in the early 1950s. Copyright 2018 by WJXT News4Jax – All rights reserved.

There are no longer any wild wolves in Florida but there is a program to start introducing the remaining hybrids of the old Red Wolf populations. This in itself is steeped in controversy because of their known mixed genetics with Coyotes.

Kangaroos may be kept as pets in Florida as long as their owners have the proper permits, she said. However, Fort Lauderdale does not allow “exotic animals” to be kept within its city limits, the police said. Mr. Macias, who also owns a Corgi, described Jack as friendly and welcoming to people.