The eastern cougar, Puma concolor couguar, was declared extinct in 2011. The Florida panther, Puma concolor coryi, is considered endangered. Some scientists consider the two to be a single subspecies.
The eastern puma lives in the south of Florida.
The only officially recognized population of the eastern cougar is a remnant population in Florida, known as the "Florida panther".
The eastern puma is a dominant carnivore. It eats only meat.
This cat is also a mountain climber.
The eastern cougar was declared extinct a few years ago so no longer has a niche.
Mountains
Puma concolor couguar is the scientific name for the extinct eastern cougar.
The Cougar or Puma (P. concolor) enjoys a wide variety of names, particularly in the US, but all of them refer to the same species of cat.The Eastern Puma or Eastern Cougar is a name-concept given to cougars that may live in the mountains and forests of the eastern parts of the United States and possibly Canada.The Eastern Puma, as such, is somewhat cryptozoological, as there is some debate as to whether any pumas actually survive in these parts of the world, as their normal, accepted range is the western US, the southwestern tip of Canada, and South America.
since 1973
The only known eastern pumas live in Florida, where around thirty were living near the Everglades. Today, there are nearly 80 there now. Known as the Florida panther.
Puma concolor couguar
Puma concolor couguar
The eastern puma was declared extinct in 2011.
Very few. Most panthers can now be found in the upper Midwest and western states, or a small ample population lives in the Florida Everglades.
Habitat loss, and bounty hunting.
The Florida puma and the red wolf.
food, water