The Florida Panther

When the first field study of the Florida panther took place in 1973, so little was known about the animal that many scientists believed it was already extinct. During more extensive research that followed and despite voluminous data gathered over the next decade, the panther proved to be healthy, long-lived, and reproducing. In The Florida Panther, David S. Maehr presents the first detailed portrait of the animal--its biology, natural history, and current status--and a realistic assessment of its prospects for survival.