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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 ]
In the video above, the arborist was at least 30 feet up a tree when he came face-to-face with the cougar. Arborists often climb trees using ropes and harnesses to research, manage, and maintain ...
The Florida panther had for a long time been considered a unique cougar subspecies, with the scientific name Felis concolor coryi proposed by Outram Bangs in 1899. [11] A genetic study of cougar mitochondrial DNA showed that many of the purported cougar subspecies described in the 19th century are too similar to be recognized as distinct. [12]
The breeding process does not last a long time, with the male accompanying the female in heat for up to a week after which they separate. After mating, the male cougar plays no further role except driving off male intruders and the female cougar bears the full responsibility of raising her young.
The species has officially been declared extinct and removed from the U.S. endangered species list.
The name catamount, a shortening of name "cat of the mountain", has also been in English use for the cougar and other wild cats since at least 1664. [14] "Panther" is often used synonymously with cougar, puma or mountain lion. [15] The name painter is also sometimes used instead of panther, mostly in the southern United States. [16]
A hunter has revealed details about his stare-down with a snarling cougar last month in the Montana wilderness – an encounter his partner caught on video.
USA, Oregon, Lane County — "Killed by a Cougar" The Oregon Harold of 24 August contains the following: "On the 21st instant, a little child three years old, of Mr. Patton, living on Rear Creek, three miles west of the Long Tom, in Lane county, was killed by a cougar. The child was playing in the yard and within, ten feet of the door of the ...