Black Wild Cats In Florida

Ive seen large black cats on two occasions he told me indicating a rugged area of mountains near North Carolinas Hickory Nut Gorge.

Black wild cats in florida. Officially there are no jaguarundi in Florida as the map below shows. Fortunately we had the benefit of working with the Bear Creek Feline Center in nearby Panama City which boasts a menagerie of exotic big cats including Florida. Melanin is a type of pigment coloring.

No record of them no pictures no hides no skins nothing. The Florida Panther Felis concolor coryi is found primarily in southern Florida in the Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp. But still we hear these stories of black cats that lurk in the wilds of Florida says Hitzig.

Long ear tufts short bobbed tail with a completely black tip large paws and long hind legs. There is no compelling evidence that a single wild black panther has ever existed in United States. The only wild cats officially in Florida are the puma and bobcat neither of which fits your description.

Click on the cats name in the table below to see further information on that species. It may be spotted anywhere from swamps to backyards. Black marks the sides of the muzzle and top of the tail.

Perhaps there are some in this sunny state because they were released from a private zoo. Theres no known species of a large black wild cat here in Floridas Wild Cat News - Bobcat or Panther. Domestic cats are not a part of Floridas natural ecosystem.

Primarily found in southwestern Canada the western US and almost all of Mexico and Central and South America. Small numbers found in pockets of several other state including Florida where they are known as the Florida panther and Nebraska as well as parts of central Canada. Scientists in Wisconsin estimate that cats kill at least 78 million birds per year in that state alone.