http://www.wildlifeworld360.net/the-rare-breed-of-hybrid-florida-panthers.html Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:10:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.wildlifeworld360.net/the-rare-breed-of-hybrid-florida-panthers.html/comment-page-1#comment-4647 Alice Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:08:09 +0000 http://www.wildlifeworld360.net/?p=1292#comment-4647 Florida panthers are considered a subspecies of cougar, big cats found across the Americas that are also called pumas or mountain lions, depending on the region. Inbreeding within this tiny population caused heart problems and reproductive defects that would have killed off the Florida panther—deemed endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—by the early 21st century. Florida panthers are considered a subspecies of cougar, big cats found across the Americas that are also called pumas or mountain lions, depending on the region. Inbreeding within this tiny population caused heart problems and reproductive defects that would have killed off the Florida panther—deemed endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—by the early 21st century.

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