Cubs Florida Panthers Animal

The male plays no part in the raising of panther cubs which stay with their mother for almost 2 years.

Cubs florida panthers animal. The preferred prey of florida panthers is white tailed deer odocoileus virginianus. Apr 1 2012 explore catsultations s board panthers followed by 196 people on pinterest. Panthers live in cypress swamps and pine and hardwood hammock forests. Panthers are pregnant for 3 months the gestation period for a female panther is around 3 months and results in a litter of 2 4 cubs being born.

Males weigh up to 130 pounds. By the time they are a few months old panther cubs begin to accompany her in search of prey and often won t leave her until they are nearly 2 years old and have established a territory for themselves. The florida panther is an endangered subspecies of cougar puma concolor that lives in forests and swamps of southern florida in the united states. However they also hunt smaller animals such as wild hogs rabbits birds and raccoons procyon lotor and larger ones such as the american alligator alligator mississippiensis.

See more ideas about wild cats animals beautiful big cats. While extraordinarily beautiful lucy is one of the few of her kind left in the world and is a great representation of her species. Florida panthers are usually found in pinelands hardwood hammocks and mix swamp forests. Perhaps one of the most beautiful is our resident florida panther calusa or lucy for short.

Panthers are tawny brown on the back and pale gray underneath with white flecks on the head neck and shoulder. Female panthers with cubs build dens for their litters in an equally wide variety of habitats favoring dense scrub but also using grassland and marshland. I was on my way to. Florida has some of the most beautiful wildlife and we proud to be able to showcase that beauty.

Besides white tailed deer florida panthers may eat rabbits wild hogs birds armadillos rats carrion and grass. Panthers usually give birth in a safe den. Florida panther by dave wright. The florida panther has been at the center of a controversy over the science used to manage the species.

One of 30 cougar subspecies the florida panther is an endangered species.