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ADOPT A
PANTHER
STATUS:
Endangered
DESCRIPTION:
One of 30 cougar subspecies, the Florida
panther is tawny brown on the back and
pale gray underneath, with white flecks on
the head, neck and shoulder.
SIZE:
Weight: males, up to 130 pounds; females, 70 pounds.
HABITAT:
Cypress swamps, pine and hardwood hammock forests.
RANGE:
Originally from western Texas and throughout the southeastern states; now found only in Florida.
FOOD:
Mostly white-tailed deer, sometimes wild hog, rabbit, raccoon, armadillo and birds.
BEHAVIOR:
Solitary, territorial, often travel at night. Males have a home range of up to 400 square miles and females about 50-100 square miles.30-50 individuals.
OFFSPRING:
Reach sexual maturity at about 3 years. Mating season is December through February. Gestation lasts about 90 days and females bear 2-6 kittens. Young stay with mother for about two years. Females do not mate again until young have left.
THREATS:
Habitat loss because of human development and population growth, collision with vehicles, parasites, feline distemper, feline calicivirus (an upper respiratory infection), and other diseases.
PROTECTION:
*CITES Appendix I, Endangered Species Act
CONSERVATION:
Reduced speeding zones, construction of panther underpasses, public education, captive breeding programs and research.
CONTACT:
Florida Game and Fresh Water Commission
Office of Information Services
620 South Meridian
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600
The Florida Audubon Society
1101 Audubon Way
Maitland, FL 32751
*Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, an international treaty with more than 144 member countries. Appendix I listed species cannot be traded commercially. Appendix II listed species can be traded commercially only if it does not harm their survival.
World Animal Foundation
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Your WAF Adopt A Panther Kit comes in a deluxe three-ring binder and includes:
- Photo of Your Adopted Panther
- Adopt A Panther Adoption Certificate
- Fact Sheet About Your Adopted Panther
- Help Animals Info Packet Packed With Information On Animal Issues & How You Can Help Animals And The Environment
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