Florida panthers keep their heads

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Endangered Florida panthers have maintained their distinctive faces despite cross-breeding. David Reed at the Florida Museum of Natural

History in Gainesville and his colleagues analysed the skulls of 20 male and 20 female panthers to see whether this cross-breeding had affected the animals' distinctive facial features.

They found that identifying characteristics such as a highly arched 'Roman nose' have not been significantly altered. Those panthers born from crosses with their Texas cousins

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