For decades, many people in Alabama claim to have encountered a mountain lion. However, you have to go all the back to 1956 for the last confirmed sighting in the state. acesedu's wildlife specialist Mark Smith on if these big cats still roam our hills:
, an Alabama Extension wildlife specialist, said mountain lions are the second largest feline in North America. Jaguars , which are found in the extreme southwestern United States and throughout Mexico, are the largest.
“The closest known mountain lion populations to Alabama are in western Texas and southwestern Florida,” said Smith, who is also an Auburn University professor in the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment. According to Smith, many of these sightings come from people that are unfamiliar with mountain lions. This is unsurprising, being that people in Alabama are unlikely to have seen a mountain lion in the wild before.
Smith said there are several other animals that people misidentify as a mountain lion. The bobcat is one of the most common. Smith said is it in bobcats’ nature to generally avoid humans. So, people may not get a good look, making it hard to tell the difference.
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