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[Flbt]

I am not sure where this should go. I was sent this by a state employee that was sent the pic from a city worker for Monticello fl

 

[Flbt]

Other than what I was told I know nothing of the pic

 

[sniper7]

Malanistic Florida Panther or Jaguar. Super cool

 

[Flbt]

The state says there no black phase panther though.
Idk

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Melanistic Florida bobcat.

 

[Azklmsr]

Melanistic Florida bobcat.

check the tail

 

[Hunter-Habib]

check the tail

You’re right. The tail looks too big. A melanistic Florida panther, perhaps ?

 

[Firebird]

Escapee from a private exhibit. Think “tiger king”

 

[Sabre]

I would also guess an escapee from a private exhibit or individual.

 

[Hunter4752001]

Black house cat /feral cat and a dodgy photo.

 

[Flbt]

Escapee from a private exhibit. Think “tiger king”

Kinda what I was thinking
There been stories for years about cats being lost or turned out.
Going back to the 30’s there were stories about cats going missing from some of the Tarzan sets on multiple rivers.
And of cat owners Turing them out instead of losing them to the state.
I know locally of some big cats going missing but when the owner came down with cancer
A panther a leopard and a lion.

 

[Flbt]

Black house cat /feral cat and a dodgy photo.

If that’s a house cat I don’t want it any where around my house thanks.
It looks like it could eat my hog dogs.
Not even getting in to the wife’s sausage dogs.

 

[Safari Dave]

There are many exotic pets in Florida.




Carole Baskin's maybe???

Might want to give her a call, but don't go near the food grinder!

 

[Hunt anything]

Black house cat /feral cat and a dodgy photo.

If that’s a house cat I don’t want to see the mice it’s eating!!
Looks leopardish or jaguar to me , big head probably a male. Just guessing.

 

[Sarg]

Looks very much like a Black Jaguar, Boffy head.

Most likely photo not really taken in the US or not in the Wild ?

Do any members from Florida recognise that habitat, type of trees & vegetation ?

 

[Hunt anything]

The state says there no black phase panther though.
Idk

That’s pretty universal with biologists, no “black” phase cougar, mountain lion, panther or whatever they are called in the area.

 

[Flbt]

That’s pretty universal with biologists, no “black” phase cougar, mountain lion, panther or whatever they are called in the area.

Yes that looks like Jefferson county wood land

 

[Flbt]

Looks very much like a Black Jaguar, Boffy head.

Most likely photo not really taken in the US or not in the Wild ?

Do any members from Florida recognise that habitat, type of trees & vegetation ?

It looks like it could be any one of the swamps on my place and I am a few county’s away

 

[K-man]

Yeah Oklahoma fish and wildlife denied any mountain lions in the state for years. One was killed by a train then they eventually admitted some were here. Now they post pictures of females with young.
That's definitely a panther.

 

[Flbt]

Tying to post another pic of a smaller cat
Not a bobcat ( it says 100% but I can’t see the pic)

Any way I know the guy that took it and trust him we go back to little league.
We think it’s a jaGuarUndi they think there a wild feral population from escaped ones from the old fur farms