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Table 1. Thirteen years of Texas mountain lion mortalities by ecological region, 1983-1995.
Ecological Region 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Total
Pineywoods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Gulf Prairies and Marshes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Post Oak Savannah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackland Prairies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cross Timbers and Prairies 1 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 11
South Texas Plains 4 9 13 7 9 18 6 2 2 15 20 13 17 135
Edwards Plateau 3 7 7 20 7 21 27 21 38 43 47 39 32 312
Rolling Plains 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6
High Plateau 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Trans-Pecos Mountains and
Basins
56 71 93 100 111 131 113 82 95 74 112 106 114 1258
Totals 65 89 114 128 134 170 148 106 138 134 182 158 163 1729
Table 2. Thirteen years of Texas mountain lion sightings by ecological region, 1983-1995.
Ecological Region 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Total
Pineywoods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 24 28 63
Gulf Prairies and Marshes 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 6 4 19 5 42
Post Oak Savannah 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 17 14 23 25 90
Blackland Prairies 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 8 20
Cross Timbers and Prairies 0 0 0 3 6 6 1 8 6 29 22 42 36 159
South Texas Plains 0 9 11 15 17 30 19 4 23 52 55 75 25 335
Edwards Plateau 2 2 12 2 6 10 10 23 34 75 54 81 80 391
Rolling Plains 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 4 9 9 20 9 61
High Plateau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 4 10
Trans-Pecos Mountains and
Basins
10 23 17 26 25 28 35 28 53 73 69 70 51 508
Totals 15 36 41 52 55 80 70 70 125 266 235 363 271 1679
. A total of 1,679 mountain lion sightings was
recorded for 1983 through 1995 in 195 of 254 Texas
counties (Table 2). The Trans-Pecos Ecological Region
ranked first in total sightings with 30 percent of the total.
The Edwards Plateau and South Texas Plains ecological
regions were second and third with 23 percent and 20
percent of the total sightings, respectively. The Cross
Timbers and Prairies had 9 percent of the total, with 5
Table 3. Cause and number of 1995 Texas mountain lion mortalities by ecological region.
percent for the Post Oak Savannah and 4 percent for the
Rolling Plains and Pineywoods. The Gulf Prairies and
Marshes had 3 percent. This survey recorded the first
confirmed lion sightings by Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department personnel for the Pineywoods (63 sightings)
and High Plains (10 sightings). Verified mountain lion
sightings were recorded in all 10 ecological regions of
Texas.