BULLETIN FLORIDA MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY VOL 40(3)


 FREQUENCY OF WHORLS AND
 KINKED TAILS


SN = 61 N =49


= whorl
--I kinked tail


N = 145


N = 456


 Florida, N. Ame
 (excluding
Everglades)
 PUMAS


erica


S. America


Figure 6. High frequency of whoris/kinked tails in Big Cypress compared to Everglades and puma
populations in North and South America. Everglades includes two animals from West Palm Beach, only one
of which had a skin.


in the recent specimens and live captures from Florida, and are more prevalent in
southwestern Florida (87.8%) than in southeastern Florida (10%) animals (Table
4, Fig. 6).

 CRANIAL PROFILE
 Methods

 According to Goldman (1946), the distinguishing features of the skull of P. c.
coryi are a broad, flat frontal region, the result of remarkably high-arched nasal
bones. He specifically mentions the outline of the nasals "rising to form a distinct
convexity..."(p. 236) (Fig. 7a), a trait that has become known as the roman nose.


80-


60-


40-


20 -


0 J


N=9


 N 10


Everglades,
 Florida