How to Use Florida panther in a Sentence

Florida panther

noun
  • Jerry Miller, the ranger who helped lead the wagon tour, has also captured rare footage of a Florida panther at the border of Duette.
    — Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
  • This site is part of a key hot spot for crashes with traveling black bears and Florida panthers.
    — Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Breeding with Texas cougars saved the Florida panther from extinction and even led to a baby boom.
    — Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2020
  • What do nine Hawaiian snails have in common with the Texas longhorn, the Florida panther and the California grizzly bear?
    — Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Southern California’s pumas are sometimes likened to the Florida panther, which teetered on the edge of extinction in the mid-1990s.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The park also recently added two young Florida panthers to its wild cat habitat.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
  • An endangered Florida panther was hit and killed by a freight train in the state's southern region, officials said.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The Florida panther is a type of cougar or mountain lion, which used to be prevalent across the southeastern U.S., but is now only found in southern Florida.
    — Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
  • To put that in perspective, 160 pounds is ... or was ... considered the maximum for Florida panthers.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Keep your eyes open for manatees, crocodiles, or even a Florida panther.
    — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The Florida panther is making a modest comeback, but it’s constrained by human presence in the Everglades; last year, some twenty-five panthers were killed by cars.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • The corridor allows crucial wildlife such as Florida panthers, black bear and deer to travel and avoid inbreeding due to isolation.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2023
  • As a result, the mountain lion dating pool has become perilously small—something like what happened with the Florida panther.
    — Craig Pittman, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Crocodiles and alligators, the Florida panther, manatees, and a vast number of flora, fauna, and invasive species of all sorts call the place home.
    — Outside Online, 13 May 2019
  • Keep an eye out for whooping cranes, endangered Florida panthers, black bears, bobcats, alligators, red wolves, and manatees, which can be seen here all year long.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2023
  • Moore Haven: An endangered Florida panther has died after being struck by a vehicle.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2022
  • From alligators to flamingos to the elusive Florida panther, the entire peninsula is teeming with all sorts of fascinating flora and fauna, many of which are found nowhere else on earth.
    — Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Big Collier County landowners want to build three villages just north of the Florida panther refuge, creating the equivalent of a new town of 8,000 houses on existing agricultural fields.
    — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2021
  • The area is filled with natural wonders of fauna—manatees, leatherback turtles, Florida panthers, alligators, and crocodiles are among the hundreds of animal species present in the park.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 18 July 2023
  • Panther Crossing, an organization dedicated to reducing the species' car deaths, said that at least 239 Florida panthers have died in vehicular collisions in the past decade — more than the amount of adult panthers confirmed to be alive today.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The iconic Florida panther, with about 200 animals remaining.
    — David Schechter, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Endangered or threatened animals include the Florida panther and West Indian manatee.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Attention 50 years ago was riveted on iconic animals like the American alligator, Florida panther, and California condor.
    — John Flesher, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Rescuing the Florida panther required an extraordinary intervention by humans.
    — Craig Pittman, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021

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