Its estimated that 55 adult individuals of the species currently remain in the wild.
The remains of two adult individuals have been found, including two skulls.
The population was estimated at less than 1000 adult individuals, occurring over a range of 19,690 km2.
"And in exceptional cases we can make one ovary yield us over fifteen thousand adult individuals."
In 1994, only 30 adult individuals remained.
In 2008 a second site was reported, the Suarez Quarry, with mainly adult individuals, but of a perhaps slightly different type.
The Florida panther experienced a genetic bottleneck in the early 1990s where the population was reduced to 25 adult individuals.
The remains of seven adult individuals were discovered inside representing at least four generations.
Colonies may be quite large, accommodating as many as 100,000 to 2,000,000 adult individuals.
The population is estimated to be about 6500 adult individuals.