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Why are eastern pumas endangered?
A lack of habitat caused by human encroachment.
What animal is an endangered carnivore from the Eastern US?
The Florida puma and the red wolf.
When was the puma listed as endangered?
The puma, Puma Concolor, is not endangered as a species. The Florida race is endangered, and has been listed for fourty plus years.
What is the main reason a puma is a endangered species?
Humans are the main reason that puma is endangered species. As a species, the puma is not an endangered species. Only the Florida race is endangered.
How did cougars become in dangered?
The cougar, mountain lion, panther, or puma is not an endangered species. Only the Florida subspecies is endangered.
Is puma extinct?
No, the population of pumas is quite healthy and only the Florida panther is critically endangered.
How does the Eastern Puma live?
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.
Is a puma threatened or endangered?
Yes. The puma species is on the endangered animals list. (no joke, you can check if you want)
How long has the puma been endangered?
The subspecies eastern cougar (or puma) was declared extinct in 2011. However, the species as a whole is not endangered and populations are quite healthy except for the Florida subspecies which was declared endangered in 1967.
Why puma are endangered?
Puma's are becoming endangered because poachers are killing puma's and are selling the puma's fur or hide to people world wide and make millions of money. Puma's are the same thing as a Cougar or Mountain lion. The puma or mountain lion is not an endangered species. Listed as least concern by the IUCN. The Florida panther, a race endemic to Florida is endangered however, but the species as a whole is not.
Why was the mountain lion placed in the endangered species list?
The puma or mountain lion as a species is not endangered. The Florida race is the only endangered puma. See IUCN Redlist.
What is the eastern puma's Latin name?
Puma concolor couguar is the scientific name for the extinct eastern cougar.
