Cougars
- Other names
- Puma, mountain lion, catamount, panther
- Species
- Puma concolor concolor, Puma concolor couguar
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- 6 ft 9 in to 7 ft 10 in
- Height
- 24 to 35 in
- Weight
- 64 to 220 lb
- Lifespan
- 8 to 13 years in wild
- Classification
- Mammalia > Felidae > Felinae
- Conservation Status
- Least Concern
- Habitat
- Most habitats in the Americas
- One of the largest cats in the Americas, the cougar, sometimes called the puma or mountain lion, is the most widespread of any large animal on those continents, though it is a secretive and solitary animal by nature.
- The cougar is capable of living in almost every habitat from North to South America, and is able to adapt to changes in its surrounding.
- Draw a cougar stalking its prey.
- Places
- North and South America.
- The cougar has many names, including puma, mountain lion, catamount and is even called a panther in Florida.
- Cougars prey on many animals, and that includes domestic animals, perhaps making them almost as destructive as wolves can be.
- The cougar is reclusive and mostly avoids people, so fatal attacks on humans are rare.
- The cougar is most closely related to the jaguarundi and the cheetah.
- It has large paws and proportionally the largest hind legs in the big cat family, giving it great leaping and short-sprint ability. It is capable of leaping from the ground up to 18 ft high into a tree.
