Bobcats (Lynx rufus) (Fig. 1) are also called bay lynx, barred bobcat, catamount, lynx cat, wildcat, and cat of the mountains. It slightly resembles a house cat in appearance, but is about twice their size.

Divisions. The Mississippi River can be divided into three sections: the Upper Mississippi, the river from its headwaters to the confluence with the Missouri River; the Middle Mississippi, which is downriver from the Missouri to the Ohio River; and the Lower Mississippi, which flows from the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico.

Fun Facts

• The Mississippi River is 2,340 miles long.
• The Great River Road was created in 1938.
• The Great River Road runs through about 110 counties and parishes.
• In the year A.D. 1250, the ancient metropolis of Cahokia, Illinois, was home to more people than London.

It’s extremely dangerous to swim in the Mississippi River. The river is huge and the currents are strong, even right at water’s edge (whether or not you’re a great swimmer is irrelevant). Also, remember that the water is totally toxic.

The Mississippi River can appear muddy and brown depending on where you view it. According to experts, the Mississippi River is clean and clearer the further north you go. The River’s color and quality of the water can change quickly as it flows south through farmland and urban areas, according to experts.

§49-7-1, as amended, classifies nutria, beaver, fox, skunks, coyotes and wild hogs, as “nuisance” animals. Landowners and any leaseholders may hunt nuisance animals year-round at any time of day or night with no weapon/caliber restrictions on property titled in their name or otherwise owned, or leased by them.

Cat becomes social media sensation. Mountain lions, panthers, cougars or whatever you want to call them, were extirpated in Mississippi over 100 years ago and none have been confirmed in the state since.

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Due to overhunting in the United States, they have been completely extirpated from the east, with the exception of the endangered Florida panther, a subspecies occurring in southern Florida. They were officially deemed extinct in North Carolina in 2011 and are believed to have gone extinct as early as the 1930’s.

The term black panther is most frequently applied to black-coated leopards (Panthera pardus) of Africa and Asia and jaguars (P. onca) of Central and South America; black-furred variants of these species are also called black leopards and black jaguars, respectively.

Mountain lion, puma, cougar, panther—this cat is known by more names than just about any other mammal! And “panther” is a general term for cats that have solid-colored coats, so it was used for pumas as well as black jaguars. All of these names are considered correct, but scientists usually use the name puma.

For starters, jaguars live in Central and South America, where they are the largest big cats, while leopards are the smallest big cats in their habitat of Africa and Asia. Jaguars are bigger and bulkier than leopards, weighing up to 250 pounds compared with the 175-pound leopard.

Jaguars

The mountain lion—also known as the cougar, puma, panther, or catamount—is a large cat species native to the Americas.