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Genetic rescue reduces harmful mutations in Florida panthers without erasing local ancestry (phys.org)

submitted 11 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/biology@mander.xyz

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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Panthers are native to north America? News to me.

[–] Ryktes@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Yup. They're the state animal and there's a hockey team named after them. Though technically, "panther" is actually just a generic term for big cats in the family pantera. These guys are actually a type of puma.

[–] Wangus@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

It's a cougar, mountain lion, or a catamount. It's not a member of the genus panthera. It's not even really a subspecies of cougar, it's just a name has more to do with people than the genetics of the animal.