Florida+Panther

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Florida Panther
Felis concolor coryi﻿ **Description:**
 * Florida panthers are a large, long-tailed cat with a great deal of color variation: pale brown or rusty upper parts, dull white or buffy under parts; tail tip, back of ears, and the sides of nose are dark brown or blackish
 * Male Florida panthers can measure 7-8 feet from the nose to tail tip and weight 100-160 lbs.
 * The females are about 6 feet in length and weight between 60-100 lbs
 * Only 80 to 100 panthers still remain in Florida, making this one of the most rare and endangered mammals in the world
 * Nocturnal
 * usually found in pine-lands, hardwood hammocks, and mixed swamp forests
 * Adult males may range over an area of 200 square miles, while females range over a 70 to 80 square mile area
 * have a keen sense of smell and a field of vision of 130 degrees
 * Can run up to 35 mph but only for a few hundred yards, good sprinters, panthers rarely chase prey for long distances
 * live up to between 12-15 years in the wild..

**Diet:**They are known to be carnivores and will eat raccoons, armadillos and even alligators. Panthers diet consists of small animals  **Behavior:**  Their method of hunting is to creep up as close to their prey as possible and launch a short spring attack When humans approach an area they will either be still, disappear, or attempt to circle behind They are attracted to woodland fires, and may stay near burned sites for days **Reproduction:** Most panther's babies are born from March to July. When they mate the mother has to have 8,000 to 20,000 calories a day, or they can't have cubs. Female panthers are usually 1 in a half to 2 years old when they first give birth and they only have 2-4 cubs at a time. Florida panthers are killed by cars and trucks, particularly on State Road 29 and Alligator Alley (I-75) And - although it is against the law hunters also still shoot panthers occasionally. **endangered **03/11/1967
 * Survival:**

" Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1544, 87 Stat. 884), as amended -- Public Law 93-205, approved December 28, 1973, repealed the Endangered Species Conservation Act of December 5, 1969 (P.L. 91-135, 83 Stat. 275). The 1969 Act had amended the Endangered Species Preservation Act of October 15, 1966 (P.L. 89-669, 80 Stat. 926)." [Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
 * The Endangered Species Act, was/is an act that was passed to protect the survival of any animals population that has dropped to an extremely low number (such as dropping form about 1,000 to about 50).**

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