Florida Panther

The florida panther is the only puma also known as cougar and mountain lion population east of the mississippi.

Florida panther. Through historical bounties habitat destruction habitat fragmentation genetic bottle necking and road collisions florida panthers are estimated to only have a total population of 120 230. Although most panthers are found south of lake okeechobee they have been documented throughout the peninsula and even into georgia. The florida panther is the only subspecies of mountain lion that remains in the eastern united states. Florida panthers are the only breeding group of pumas in the eastern united states.

Perceived as a threat to humans livestock and game animals the species was nearly extinct by the mid 1950s. Florida panthers once prowled and flourished in woodlands and swamps throughout the southeast. Since then the u s. Located in sunrise florida the panthers are the southernmost team in the nhl.

Fish and wildlife service has worked. Florida panthers are the larger of florida s two native cat species panthers and bobcats. In 1967 the department of the interior listed the florida panther as an endangered subspecies. The florida panther is a subspecies of the cougar whose last remaining population only exists in south florida in less than 5 of its former range.

Female panthers have only been documented in south florida so that is where all known breeding occurs. Florida panthers live about 12 years in the wild but with such a small population of florida panthers left they are very susceptible to disease genetic disorders and car accidents. The florida panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the miami metropolitan area they compete in the national hockey league nhl as a member of the atlantic division of the eastern conference the team initially played their home games at miami arena before moving to the bb t center in 1998. The florida panther is a north american cougar p.

Florida panther member of a population of large new world cats of the species puma concolor family felidae confined to a small isolated and inbred group in southern florida and protected by the u s. The florida panther is a subspecies of puma concolor also known as mountain lion cougar or puma and represents the only known breeding population of puma in the eastern united states. In south florida it lives in pinelands tropical hardwood hammocks and mixed freshwater swamp forests. When european settlers arrived in the 1600s the clear cutting building and other human activities that destroy degrade and fragment habitat began and the fear and misconceptions that.

Florida panthers were heavily hunted after 1832 when a bounty on panthers was created. Endangered species act 1973.