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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]
Sadly, entire populations of animals can vanish from the planet without anyone noticing. That appears to be the case with the eastern cougar. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has performed ...
The species has officially been declared extinct and removed from the U.S. endangered species list.
In 1936, however, came a last officially confirmed record of cougar tracks in the state; by a Smithsonian worker, near Cranberry Glades in Pocahontas County. [18] [19] [20] Recently, the eastern cougar was federally listed as "endangered" in West Virginia and sporadic, unconfirmed accounts of its presence (tracks and sightings) continued to be ...
The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story. With today’s advanced research, we can learn so much from animals that haven’t even existed during our ...
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]
Mountain lions, also known as cougars, panthers and pumas, are considered extinct in Pennsylvania, the Penn State Extension reports. Troopers responded to @LowerMacungie and confirmed a large ...