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The cougar (Puma concolor), also known as puma, mountain lion, mountain cat, catamount or panther, depending on the region, is a mammal of the family Felidae, native to the Americas. This large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, extending from Yukon in Canada to the southern ...
The term catamount, a shortening of name "cat of the mountain", has also been in English use for cougars and other wild cats since at least 1664. [14] The term panther is often used synonymously with cougar, puma, or mountain lion. [15] The Florida population of the North American cougar sub-species is commonly known as the Florida panther.
Mountain lion climbing down rock. The mountain lion (Puma concolor), also called the cougar, is the largest member of the cat family living in Yellowstone. Mountain lions can weigh up to 200 pounds (~90 kg), although lions in Yellowstone are thought to range between 140 and 160 pounds (~65 and ~70 kg) for males and around 100 pounds (45 kg) for ...
‘Majestic’ mountain lion finds daring spot to people watch at Colorado park, photos show Mountain lion ambushes 70-year-old hiker in Utah canyon. He fought it off with rocks
Puma (/ ˈ p j uː m ə / or / ˈ p uː m ə /) is a genus in the family Felidae whose only extant species is the cougar (also known as the puma, mountain lion, and panther, [2] among other names), and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives (for example, Puma pardoides, or Owen's panther, a large, cougar-like cat of Eurasia's Pliocene).
Jackie Winston of Cambria had a surprise guest at her front door soon after midnight early Monday morning — a large mountain lion.. Her Ring security system’s camera captured a 12-second video ...
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The cougar is also commonly known as mountain lion, puma, mountain cat, catamount, or panther. The sub-population in Florida is known as the Florida panther. Over 130 attacks have been documented in [1] North America in the past 100 years, with 28 attacks resulting in fatalities.