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• Scientific name: Puma concolor coryi
• Status: Endangered
• Population in the wild: 80 to 100
• Size: Adult males weigh 130 to 160 pounds with an average length of 6 to 8 feet. Adult females weigh 70 to 100 pounds with an average length of 5 to 7 feet.
• Historic distribution: Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina.
• Present distribution: The breeding population is in Lee, Collier, Hendry, Dade and Monroe counties. A few males have ventured into Central Florida, but no females are known to have crossed the Caloosahatchee River.
• Home territory: Male panthers have territories that cover 150 to 200 square miles; female territories are about 80 square miles.
• Habitat: Hardwood hammocks, low pinelands, and palm forests, mixed swamp and cypress swamp.
• Diet: White-tailed deer, wild hog, raccoon, armadillo.
• Causes of death: The most common documented cause of death is roadkill. Since 1972, more than 100 panthers have been killed by traffic. The second leading cause of death intraspecific aggression (when one panther kills another). Since 1972, there have been 43 documented cases of intraspecific aggression.