Originally Posted By: AU coonhunter
Originally Posted By: BrentM
The chances of a mountain lion being melanistic (black ) is 1 in 100,000....... So if there are five black ones in the whole state that means we should have a half million tan ones running around.


Actually there has never been a documented case of a melanistic mountain lion. There are melanistic phases of leopards and jaguars, but not our native cougar/Florida Panther.

OK, so we're back to black Leopards and black Jaguars. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think either of the two are free range on this continent, regardless of color.
I do think Barnum and Baily's train derailed in North Alabama.....bout a hundred years ago.
BTW thanks for that info Coonhunter, been trying to convince some hillbillies for 30 years there ain't any , solid black ,long tail, panthers in these parts.

Last edited by 2Dogs; 08/20/13 04:06 AM.

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