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