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The eastern cougar or eastern puma (Puma concolor couguar) is a subspecies designation proposed in 1946 for cougar populations in eastern North America. [2] [3] The subspecies as described in 1946 was declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011. [4] However, the 1946 taxonomy is now in question. [5]
The species has officially been declared extinct and removed from the U.S. endangered species list. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
The state of West Virginia is home to 72 wild mammal species. Four – the Virginia big-eared bat, the Indiana bat, the West Virginia northern flying squirrel and the extinct eastern cougar – are federally listed as endangered. Several additional species are rare in the state and warrant close monitoring.
It is the only confirmed cougar population in the Eastern United States, and currently occupies 5% of its historic range. [15] In the 1970s, an estimated 20 Florida panthers remained in the wild, [ 16 ] but their numbers had increased to an estimated 230 by 2017.
That appears to be the case with the eastern cougar. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has performed extensive research covering the cougar's. Sadly, entire populations of animals can vanish from ...
Photographer Tim Flach is renowned for his photos that show the more human side of suffering animals. Stunning new photos show the faces of animals on the verge of extinction Skip to main content
Cougar, Puma concolor (extirpated) Distribution (before extirpation): Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Subspecies (before extirpation): Puma concolor couguar according to Hall (1981) and Whitaker and Hamilton (1998). Status: extirpated. Eastern cougar population is extinct.
Extinct in the wild by 1980 and introduced (in lieu of the extinct subspecies) to eastern North Carolina in 1987. The species is threatened by human persecution and hybridization with coyotes. [31] Declined as a result of deliberate eradication efforts, habitat destruction, and hybridization with the coyote. [27]