WILKINS ET AL: FLORIDA PANTHER MORPHOLOGY


FLORIDA PANTHER PELAGE/SKELETAL TRAITS
 FLECKS, WHORLS AND KINKED TAILS


Figure 4. Pelage traits of the Florida panther. (a) flecks shown on an old male where flecking is extensive.
(b) mid-dorsal cowlick or whorl. (c) kinked tail, a modification of bones of the tip of the tail, is seen as a curl
in the tail of the living animal. Photographs by R. Belden (top) and M. Roelke (bottom).