1 March 2018
Front Ecol Environ, 16 (2): 66
The eastern puma (Puma concolor couguar) has been determined to be officially extinct by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and will therefore be delisted from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, effective February 22, 2018. The FWS decision, published January 23, noted that outside of Florida, there have been no confirmed sightings of eastern pumas since 1938 and the species had likely been extinct long before its listing in 1973. The Florida panther, considered a distinct subspecies, retains its endangered status.
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