Marker 87 is a waypoint on a numbered Everglades route, set deep enough into the park that the habitat around it has a genuinely wild character. The Everglades' large mammal community includes white-tailed deer, river otters, and the critically endangered Florida panther, which ranges across the wider ecosystem though rarely seen.
While a panther sighting at any numbered stop is extraordinary, other signs of the park's mammal community are more common — tracks in the mud, a splash in a canal that could be a river otter, or the rustle of a raccoon moving through the underbrush at dusk.
