Rink, the catamount (or panther, or cougar), was briefly UVM's real-live mascot in 1968, as seen in this photo published in Vermont Quarterly on Jan. 21, 2015 A : Not funny. Any more questions?

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - They have been gone from Vermont for over 100 years and were officially listed as extinct back in 2018, but could the catamount make a comeback in the Green Mountain State ...

As Vermont basketball gets ready to play Duke in the NCAA Tournament, it's worth asking: What's a Catamount? Here's the history behind Vermont's nickname: ...

Common knowledge: the Catamount is the official mascot of University of Vermont sports teams. So let's dig deep into the mascot many people don't seem to understand.

In the first football season after Vermont voted on its nickname, a story published in The Vermont Cynic on Sept. 24, 1926 called the team "Vermont Catamounts," including the quotation marks.

Vermont shares the catamount mascot with one other school. That would be Western Carolina, located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. WCU has been called the Catamounts since 1932.

Vermont is the No. 13 seed in the South Region and set for a first-round matchup against No. 4 seed Duke at the 2024 NCAA Tournament. ... Catamount is one of many different names for a mountain lion.

Rink, the catamount (or panther, or cougar), was briefly UVM's real-live mascot in 1968, as seen in this photo published in Vermont Quarterly on Jan. 21, 2015 A : Not funny. Any more questions?

They have been gone from Vermont for over 100 years and were officially listed as extinct back in 2018, but could the catamount make a comeback in the Green Mountain State?