Eastern puma extinct, 80 years after last sighting

 The last known Eastern puma was seen in 1938.   Federal officials have declared the Eastern puma extinct, 80 years after the last confirmed sighting of a graceful wildcat that once roamed widely from the upper Midwest to the Atlantic seaboard. 

 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that it was removing the animal from the endangered species list. The move completes a process started in 2015, when it proposed dropping federal protections for the Eastern puma, also known as the cougar, mountain lion and catamount. Its territory ranged from Michigan and southern Ontario to New England, the Carolinas and Tennessee. 

Post source: pressherald.com

Very interesting fact, I've heard about this animal maybe 3 years ago, and I didn't even know that the last one was alive 80 years ago.

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