Long-tail cats do exist in Alabama ... are escaped pets that have averted to the wild.

Dark Long-tailed Wild Cats in Alabama and Florida. Devoted to evidence-based investigation and discussion of the potential occurrence of long-tailed dark cats in Alabama and Florida.
A rehabilitated Florida panther is released back to the wild in Okeechobee County, Fla., in January 2015. The taxonomy (how animals are classified) of many of the cats on this list is continually changing. Preferred bobcat habitats include canyons, rocky outcroppings and heavily wooded upland areas, though the cats roam a number of other areas, including swamps, hardwood forests, areas with dense shrub cover and partially exposed farmland. Bobcat (Lynx rufus)Diet: rabbits, mice, squirrels, reptiles and fowl (including farmers' chickens) Size: 26–41 inches long (minus the tail, which is 4–7 inches) Weight: 11–30 pounds Average Life Span in the Wild: 10–12 years Range: from southern Canada through most of Mexico Physical Description: The bobcat and the Canadian lynx are sometimes thought of as the same animal. Accidental.

Not likely! This wild cats list contains all of the different types of wild cats in the world. 93 likes.

A look at black cats known to exist in other parts of the world may lead us to find out which, if any, black cats are to be found in Alabama. The Florida panther is an endangered subspecies of cougar; cougars were the only big cat species native to Alabama.

Fish and Wildlife Service. Listed as endangered by the U.S. Bobcats live throughout Alabama.

Photo courtesy of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Big cats prowling Alabama? Rare sightings reported from southwestern and central Alabama, but there is no evidence of a breeding population in Alabama or adjacent states. Pictures have been included wherever possible, although some cat species are so rare that finding images was impossible! The diversity of Alabama spans common mammals, such as opossums and hispid cotton rats, and some of the rarest species in North America, such as the Perdido Key Beach Mouse.Six species are exotics that have been introduced to the state, and four mammal species are now no longer found in the state. DESCRIPTION: The jaguarundi is one of the smallest wild cats and is … The U.S. state of Alabama is home to these known indigenous mammal species. In the eastern hemisphere, most specifically Asia and Africa, the leopard is the only wild cat that has a black or melanistic phase. 1.

Yeah, ... the state actually released a few pairs of long-tail cats into several areas of Alabama. Alabama is home to 62 native mammal species, of which more than half are either rodents or bats. Historically, …