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<blockquote data-quote="ElkStalkR" data-source="post: 2990571" data-attributes="member: 2292"><p>Whatever you saw you DID NOT see a melanistic mountain lion. You are getting chastised because it is well known that Puma Concolor does not even carry a gene for melenism. Therefore it simply cannot occur. It would take a mutated gene to produce one, which is EXTREMELY rare and often fatal to the animal. From Mountain Lion.org:</p><p></p><p><em>Many people have heard the term "black panther," but these are actually melanistic jaguars or leopards: a genetic trait that makes an individual cat's fur appear much darker than the usual coloration. To date there has never been a confirmed case of a melanistic (black) mountain lion.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>Never ever anywhere, even in well known mountain lion country has there ever been a confirmed melanistic lion. EVER! We aren't talking bigfoot here, but dang close! LOL Maybe you saw an escaped leopard from someone's enclosure? That would honestly be more likely than a black Mountain Lion.</p><p></p><p>BACK TO THE OP! Mt. Lion cub? More likely than a black mountain lion, but highly doubtful. Unless I am wrong all the mountain lions confirmed in Oklahoma are males? Have we ever had a female in state? Any confirmed breeding females in state? Males especially young ones are more likely to go on a "walkabout" looking for new territory or even mates. I believe that's all we have found in Oklahoma. Anyone know for sure?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ElkStalkR, post: 2990571, member: 2292"] Whatever you saw you DID NOT see a melanistic mountain lion. You are getting chastised because it is well known that Puma Concolor does not even carry a gene for melenism. Therefore it simply cannot occur. It would take a mutated gene to produce one, which is EXTREMELY rare and often fatal to the animal. From Mountain Lion.org: [I]Many people have heard the term "black panther," but these are actually melanistic jaguars or leopards: a genetic trait that makes an individual cat's fur appear much darker than the usual coloration. To date there has never been a confirmed case of a melanistic (black) mountain lion. [/I] Never ever anywhere, even in well known mountain lion country has there ever been a confirmed melanistic lion. EVER! We aren't talking bigfoot here, but dang close! LOL Maybe you saw an escaped leopard from someone's enclosure? That would honestly be more likely than a black Mountain Lion. BACK TO THE OP! Mt. Lion cub? More likely than a black mountain lion, but highly doubtful. Unless I am wrong all the mountain lions confirmed in Oklahoma are males? Have we ever had a female in state? Any confirmed breeding females in state? Males especially young ones are more likely to go on a "walkabout" looking for new territory or even mates. I believe that's all we have found in Oklahoma. Anyone know for sure? [/QUOTE]
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